testily

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He spoke rather testily, and Janice looked at him in surprise.

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  • When she returned with an armful of dry sticks, he repeated the sentiment still more testily, and added--"If it wass not for Tuncan, I would have been at home this night in my warm bed, wi' a goot supper inside o' me, instead o' freezin' an' starvin' oot here on the plain among the snow. —  The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains
  • Surely, Bessy, you would not like to see our Nell married to an angry man I don't know about that," replied the girl testily, as she cut a potato in two halves with unnecessary violence; "all I know is that I would like to see her married to Bill Bowls. —  The Battle and the Breeze
  • "What's the matter of you folks He spoke rather testily, and Janice looked at him in surprise. —  How Janice Day Won
  • "This is going to sound silly Patricia said testily, "We've been through all that, Rossie, good heavens Nothing ventured, nothing Braun let the sentence dribble away as he stuffed the paper into a coat pocket, which had obviously been used as a waste receptacle for many a year, and led the way up the cement walk, his younger companions immediately behind He put his finger on the doorbell and cocked his head to one side. —  The Common Man
  • I thought this was going to take a few minutes Patricia said testily, "What's the hurry, Don He grinned at her. —  The Common Man
 

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