Definitions
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- adverb In a
peckish manner.
Etymologies
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peckish + -ly
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Examples
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I couldn't imagine what he came for; I had my doubts about the propriety of offering him a chair; and he was so much bigger than I expected that I was afraid he might fly away with me, as the roc did with Sindbad: so I did nothing but sidle to the door, ready to whisk out, if my strange guest appeared to be peckishly inclined.
Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag Louisa May Alcott 1860
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E&J Gallo Winery’s Trademark Department also peckishly went after Atlanta school teacher Celeste LeTard Williams in 2007 because her art work featured a painting of a rooster juxtaposed with the Spanish word gallo based on a traditional Mexican loteria card.
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