testily

Example Sentences

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The man answered a little testily, “I’m not.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022

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

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2021

Marie-Laure Satta, at 37 one of the senior nurses, confronts them testily, with Reynier looking a little lost at her side.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2020

Pressed as to why Trump would make a jocular reference to a pandemic that has cost at least 120,000 American lives, he responded testily: “Asked and answered.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2020

“Of course I don’t know the gravity of the situation,” I said testily, “because you don’t trust me enough to tell me what’s going on.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan