Both Uses of
petulant
in
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- NICK: Honey, I don't think you .... HONEY: (Petulance creeping in) It will steady me, dear.†
Act 2petulance = unreasonable annoyance or upset OR tendency to be unreasonably annoyed or upset
- HONEY (Petulantly): No! If I can't do my interpretive dance, I don't want to dance with anyone.
Act 2 *petulantly = with unreasonable upset
Definition:
unreasonably annoyed or upset
or:
easily annoyed or upset
or:
easily annoyed or upset