Emotions
Synonyms for peevishly
The synonym for peevishly recorded in this bank is irritably, in the sense "in an irritable or querulous manner". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for peevishly
- irritablyadverb, in the sense "in an irritable or querulous manner"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and peevishly carries one sense so far.
in an irritable or querulous manner
The toddler answered every question peevishly, arms crossed and lip stuck out.
The true synonym
irritably
Same sentence, swapped: The toddler answered every question irritably, arms crossed and lip stuck out.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- quickly
- quietly
- curiously
Where peevishly turns up in the game
peevishly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play peevishly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so peevishly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from emotions at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. peevishly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.