Etymograph

English

touchily

From touchy + -ly.

A compound of touchy + -ly

English tetchy ‘cranky, easily annoyed, difficult to handle’

English touchy

Today it means

adv In a touchy manner.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “touchily”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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