fretfully


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fret·ful

 (frĕt′fəl)
adj.
1. Inclined to be vexed or troubled; peevish.
2. Marked by worry and distress; troublesome: "Of all the fretful stages of human development, adolescence is the most infamous" (David Gelman).
fret′ful·ly adv.
fret′ful·ness n.
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Adv.1.fretfully - in a fretful manner; "fretfully, the baby tossed in his crib"
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fretfully

[ˈfretfəlɪ] ADV (gen) → inquietamente; [complain] → fastidiosamente
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fretfully

adv say → wehleidig; cry → kläglich
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

fretfully

[ˈfrɛtfəlɪ] adv → in modo irritato
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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She spoke fretfully, but she still held the mirror before her face.
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"I do not cough for my own amusement," replied Kitty fretfully. "When is your next ball to be, Lizzy?"
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"Of course," said the King, fretfully pacing up and down the room.
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He looked around the room fretfully. He looked into the nurse's face, which he disliked exceedingly, and he looked at the doctor, whom he was beginning to detest.
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'I want to drink,' he exclaimed fretfully, turning away.
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He rubbed his forehead fretfully as he looked her over.
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His color shifted and changed; he picked fretfully at his finger-nails; he looked at Arnold as if he was going to speak--and then looked away again, in silence.
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And he heard in answer a voice, as if crying far away, as if screaming to him fretfully from a very great distance, the one word "Yes!" Other seas swept again over the bridge.
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'Yes, yes, we are,' returned the old man fretfully. 'Further away, dear Nell, pray further away.'
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I know who y' are now; y' are a Methody, like Seth; he's tould me on you," said Lisbeth fretfully, her overpowering sense of pain returning, now her wonder was gone.
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'I wish,' said Claire, fretfully, leading the way down the grillroom stairs, 'that you wouldn't let all London sponge on you like this.
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Blake, I found him as restless as ever in his bed; fretfully wondering why the influence of the laudanum had not begun to assert itself yet.
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