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Definition

easily irritated or annoyed

She gets a little testy when she hasn't had enough sleep.

Anybody who comes here ends up getting . . . testy.
Edward Albee -- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

testy = irritated or annoyed

A volley of testy horn blasts behind her had her whipping over to the edge of Tenth and blocking the turning lane.
J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death
Bournisien interrupted him, replying testily that it was none the less necessary to pray.
Gustave Flaubert -- Madame Bovary
'He knows all he cares about it,' Mr Flintwinch testily urged.
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
KELLER [TESTILY]: Jimmie.
William Gibson -- The Miracle Worker
"I'm not your countess," Violet said testily, a word which here means "in an extremely annoyed tone."
Lemony Snicket -- The Bad Beginning
Tom had grown testy and irritated, and refused another delay.
Washington Irving -- The Devil and Tom Walker
Kind of testy, aren't you?" the driver observed, not particularly perturbed.
Stephen King -- The Shining
"The same, the same," the Lett said testily.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Rather testy, tired of so many subtleties, he complained, "Well, I'll do what I can, but I'll have to wait till the board meets."
Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
The Egyptian turned to Esther a little testily.
Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
Your clients might get testy.
Nora Roberts -- Summer Pleasures
At times this kind of talk made Farmer testy.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
"No, no!" he responded shortly and somewhat testily.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
"In the name of common-sense," asked the old gentleman rather testily, "what can be better for a man than his own parlor and chimney-corner?"
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
Smith traded testy words with the officials, and there was a long delay.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit
"Now, I ask you," she said almost testily, "where is Julia going?
James Joyce -- Dubliners
Tuffett was sitting behind his desk, gazing testily at its top.
Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman
"Well, that was his fault," said Hermione testily.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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