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ANGRILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does angrily mean?
• ANGRILY (adverb)
The adverb ANGRILY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: ANGRILY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With anger
Context example:
he angrily denied the accusation
Pertainym:
angry (feeling or showing anger)
Context examples
“Now don’t say, ‘Please, please,’” I cried, half angrily, I do believe.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
But what of that? he demanded angrily.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Its master spoke to it gently, and then harshly, and then angrily; but it would neither come nor cease to make a noise.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
"You've had plenty of time already," said the Tin Woodman angrily.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The old woman was as good as her word: she never spoke angrily to her, and gave her roast and boiled meats every day.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Sir Lothian recoiled from the pale fierce face with the black brows, but he still glared angrily about the room.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient shout or curse angrily?
(NPI - Shout or Curse Angrily, NCI Thesaurus)
The generous nature of Safie was outraged by this command; she attempted to expostulate with her father, but he left her angrily, reiterating his tyrannical mandate.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
We had parted angrily on the last occasion; and there was an air of disdain about her, which she took no pains to conceal.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He shook his fist angrily at the gleaming eyes, and began securely to prop his moccasins before the fire.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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