edgily, adv.
(ˈɛdʒɪlɪ)
[f. edgy a. + -ly2.]
In an edgy manner; irritably, testily.
| 1837 H. E. Manning Let. 8 Mar. in S. Leslie Life (1921) xvi. 269 Newman did not like my joking letter. He answered rather edgily and defensively. 1922 M. Arlen Piracy iii. ix. §3 ‘You are making a butt of me, Virginia,’ he complained edgily. |