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Touchily

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Adverb

1. touchily

in a touchy manner

Example Sentences:
'he touchily refused all offers to help'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Touchily

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adjectiveWord forms: touchier or touchiest
1. 
easily upset or irritated; oversensitive
2. 
extremely risky
3. 
easily ignited

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Touchily

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈtouchier or ˈtouchiest
1. 
easily offended; oversensitive; irritable
2. 
sensitive to touch; easily irritated, as a part of the body
3. 
very risky
a touchy situation
4. 
highly flammable or readily ignited

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Touchily

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adj. touch·i·er, touch·i·est
1. Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
2. Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate: a touchy situation.
3. Highly sensitive to touch. Used of a body part.
4. Easily ignited or exploded.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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