pettishly
adverb
pettishness
noun
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Examples of pettish in a Sentence
a pettish baby who always seemed to be crying
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At best, Harsin is a pettish version of Michael Scott at Dunder Mifflin, a poor manager of people selling reams of paper out of an office building at the dawn of our digital age.
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Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 9 Feb. 2022
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Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 9 Feb. 2022
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“Pettish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pettish. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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