Meanings
adverbtouchily (comparative more touchily, superlative most touchily)
comparative more touchily · superlative most touchily
- In a touchy manner.
"No," said the latter touchily, "I be not agreed.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 35
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian раздразнително
- раздразнително (razdraznitelno)in a touchy manner
Spanish irritablemente
- irritablementein a touchy manner
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