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What is the adjective for petulantly?

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petulant
  1. childishly irritable
  2. (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. cranky, cross, grumpy, irascible, irritable, sulky, testy, uptight, fiery, fractious, fretful, grouchy, peevish, ratty, surly, touchy, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, disgruntled, huffish, huffy, impatient, moody, prickly, querulous, snappy, sullen, whingy, chippy, crabbed, narky, perverse, pettish, pouty, snappish, sour, splenetic, captious, churlish, crotchety, crusty, crybaby, displeased, eggy, grumbling, peckish, snarky, soreheaded, tetchy … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Castor shook them both vigorously and they protested with petulant whines and complaining moans.”
      “It should have been a good line, but he sounded like a petulant drone with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement.”
      “A trace of a smile lifted the corners of her full lips and the petulant droop disappeared.”
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