IMPATIENTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impatiently mean? 

• IMPATIENTLY (adverb)
  The adverb IMPATIENTLY has 1 sense:

1. with impatience; in an impatient manner

  Familiarity information: IMPATIENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPATIENTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With impatience; in an impatient manner

Context example:

he answered her impatiently

Antonym:

patiently (with patience; in a patient manner)

Pertainym:

impatient (restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition)

 Context examples 

“Data! data! data!” he cried impatiently.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Yes, yes,” cried the Duke, impatiently.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Oh, I am weary of questions!” cried Miss Cushing impatiently.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I might have known it,” I said impatiently.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Mercy on the man, what's he doing!” cried my aunt, impatiently.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Do you not want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

"Oh, I do forgive," he said impatiently.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Nay, brother, nay!” cried the prince impatiently.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Well, what is it?” cried my uncle, impatiently.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With this to help me, I passed rapidly over what remained to me of my journey, and sometimes walking, sometimes running, impatiently drew near to the stockade.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)