testily

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Word Origin & History

c.1500, "impetuous, rash," from Middle English testif "headstrong" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French testif, Old French testu "stubborn," literally "heady," from teste "head," from Late Latin testa "skull," in classical Latin "pot, shell" (see tester (n.2)). Meaning "easily irritated" is first recorded 1520s.

Example Sentences for testily

"They want you to come back, I suppose," said Uncle John, testily.

"You don't seem to think much of a cigar," said O'Shea, testily.

"His courtesy might have effaced the recollection, I think," said Fagan, testily.

“You might as well ask if I was lost,” Mr Powell rejoined so testily as to surprise me.

"Perhaps, my illustrious Capataz," the doctor said, testily.

"Then I don't understand you,—that's clear," exclaimed O'Reilly, testily.

"No, the 103d; the 105th was at Barbadoes," broke in the Major, testily.

"You should not have come here, O Hassim," said Lingard, testily.

“You might as well ask if I was lost,” Mr. Powell rejoined so testily as to surprise me.

"It's remarkable that you should be deaf as well as dumb," retorted the other, testily.

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