Mrs. Colfax arranged her lace pettishly.
"The Crisis, Volume 6"
Winston Churchill
At length he made an odd abrupt guttural sound, that suddenly awoke him; he hemmed, looked about with a slight degree of consternation, and then began to play with her ladyship's work-bag, which, however, she rather pettishly withdrew.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
"I have told you till I am tired of telling you I must get better first," she said, pettishly.
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross