testily

Example Sentences

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Subianto testily refused to accept both election results, but decided to join Widodo’s Cabinet after Widodo offered him the defense minister position in a bid for unity.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

He testily responds with, "So? I don't need a phone and a watch!"

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2021

In a sign of the rising temperatures, Coach Gregg Popovich testily lectured a reporter Monday that no one should expect the road to the Tokyo Olympics to be a cakewalk.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2021

“Seshadri’s poems are testily smart, often funny, conceptually intricate and so chock-full of irony that it’s hard to avoid making a pun here involving magnets or multivitamins,” David Orr writes in his review.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2020

“No. Of course not,” Kvothe said rather testily.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss