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angerly

angerly adverb: angrily.

Adverb

angerly (comparative more angerly, superlative most angerly)

  1. (archaic) Angrily.
    • [A]none an other woman kneled downe to the ſame pꝛeſt ⁊ began to ſay benedicite wherwith this pꝛeeſt ſodenly wakyd wenynge ſhe had ben the other woma[n] ⁊ ſayd al angerly ⸝ what art thou now at benedicite agayne tell me what dydeſt thou when thou hadyſt ſtolyn the pot.1526 December 2 (Gregorian calendar), “By this ye may se that they that haue but small lernynge somtyme speke truely vnaduysyd”, in A .C. Mery Talys, London: Johannes Rastell, →OCLC, folio xxiii...

Adjective

angerly (comparative more angerly, superlative most angerly)

  1. (archaic) Feeling or characterized by anger; angry.
    • v[erse] 6. ſad] the Greek tranſlateth, troubled: & so the Hebrue importeth an angerly diſcontent, and fretfull trouble of mind, Prov[erbs] 19. 3. with a ſad and lowring countenance, […]1616, H[enry] A[insworth], chapter 40, in Annotations upon the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis. […], [Amsterdam]: [Giles Thorp], →OCLC, verse 6, signature Ee, recto, column 1
    • For the manner of ſpeech, either in approuing, or reprouing any thing; they may not directly command their husbands, but intreate: nor reproue with chiding and anger, but gently by exhortation, auoyding vnaduiſed and raſh ſpeech: as that of Rahel to Iacob, Gen[esis] 30. 1. angerly and ſhrewiſh...1630, [William Gouge], “Ephesians 5. Ver[ses] 22, 23, &c.”, in An Exposition of Part of the Fift and Sixt Chapters of S. Paules Epistle to the Ephesians, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes, Robert...

Examples of angerly in a sentence

  • [U]nless a woman one likes is in the way, it is some years since I felt a long anger. […] ** was angerly, but tried to conceal it.1814 February 26, Lord Byron, “Letter CLXVIII. To Mr. [Thomas] Moore.”, in Thomas Moore, editor, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With...
  • Do not look angerly now, Jack, but let me tell you three things: I must do so, as a friend.1972, Patrick O’Brian, chapter 10, in Post Captain (The Aubrey/Maturin Novels; 2), London: HarperCollinsPublishers, published 1998, →ISBN...
  • ‘[…] But Jack, you look angerly.’ ‘I am angerly.1991, Patrick O’Brian, chapter 10, in The Nutmeg of Consolation (Aubrey-Maturin; 14), London: HarperCollinsPublishers, published 1993...

Forms of angerly

Adverb
comparativemore angerly
superlativemost angerly
Adjective
comparativemore angerly
superlativemost angerly

Origin of angerly

From Middle English angerly; equivalent to anger + -ly (adverbial suffix).

From Middle English angerly; equivalent to anger + -ly (adjectival suffix).

Questions about angerly

What does angerly mean?
Angerly means angrily.
How do you use angerly in a sentence?
[U]nless a woman one likes is in the way, it is some years since I felt a long anger. […] ** was angerly, but tried to conceal it.
What part of speech is angerly?
Angerly can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near angerly in the dictionary

  1. angering
  2. angeringly
  3. angerless
  4. angerlessness
  5. angerlike
  6. angerly
  7. angerness
  8. Angeronalia
  9. angers
  10. Angerses
  11. angersome

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