petulantly

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petulantly

adverb more petulantly · most petulantly

In a petulant manner. `She loves the man, and he has been pleased to accept her love: where, then, is her sin?' `Truly, oh Holly, thou art foolish,' she answered, almost petulantly.
Similar: grudgingly

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@misc{petulantly_2026,
  title = {petulantly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/petulantly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}