All 3 Uses
testy
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
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- the professor broke in testily.†
Chpt 7 *
- Testily he made room for himself beside long John Fanning's flank and passed in and up the stairs.†
Chpt 10
- The young sparks, it is true, were as full of extravagancies as overgrown children: the words of their tumultuary discussions were difficultly understood and not often nice: their testiness and outrageous mots were such that his intellects resiled from: nor were they scrupulously sensible of the proprieties though their fund of strong animal spirits spoke in their behalf.†
Chpt 14
Definitions:
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(1)
(testy) easily irritated or annoyed
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)