testily
Example Sentences
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“As for other speed competitions testing human physical attributes,” he writes testily, “there is no stranger category than the many kinds of disgusting speed-eating contests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He testily responds with, "So? I don't need a phone and a watch!"
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 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
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
“I’m not your countess,” Violet said testily, a word which here means “in an extremely annoyed tone.”
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
