touchily
8.1
In a way that gets upset or angry very easily
- adverb
- /ˈtʌtʃɪli/
:
con sensibilidad
- FitzGilbert, discouragingly, looked as touchily ill-tempered as she always did, despite the early hour.
Examples
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He reacts touchily to criticism, often taking comments personally.
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She spoke touchily, as if every word was meant to provoke her.
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In a touchily defensive manner, he explained why he felt misunderstood.
Synonyms
9.9
In an easily annoyed way
focuses on being easily offended rather than only feeling annoyance
How Touchy
resentfully
1
5.8
1
5.8
touchily
8.1
irritably
8
4.1
8
4.1
defensively
38
3.6
38
3.6
guardedly
3
6.5
3
6.5
reservedly
7.4
calmly
110
1.0
110
1.0
Surface Forms
touchily positive
Morphology
Etymology
Touchily comes from the simple verb touch plus the endings -y and -ly. Think of someone who is easily 'touched' or 'hurt' by words, so to speak touchily is to answer in an easily offended, annoyed way.