Definition of "fussily" [fuss•i•ly]

• In a fussy manner (adverb)

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• "The doctor, having felt in the ice-chest and found that the ice was all melted to tepid water, opened a bottle of beer and called fussily to the servants to set some more bottles swinging in a cradle of wet straw."
• "Interpreting this phrase fussily, a little used car is a small second-hand car, but most readers would infer that the car hasn’t been used much."
• "Mick Lowe had turned his head too sharply toward the sudden commotion and strained a muscle in his neck, which he fussily rubbed and stretched for the rest of the evening."