touchily

1. 1.

   in a touchy manner

   “he touchily refused all offers to help”

Questions about touchily

What does touchily mean?

touchily means "in a touchy manner".

How many syllables are in touchily?

touchily has 3 syllables: tou-chi-ly. The stress falls on "tou".

Is touchily a common word?

touchily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.