angerly

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Definition of angerly

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  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.”
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adv

  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.”

adj

  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, […]”
    “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 ſpeech: as, Iezabel to Ahab, 1 King[s] 2. 17.”
    “[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.”
    “Do not look angerly now, Jack, but let me tell you three things: I must do so, as a friend.”
    “‘[…] But Jack, you look angerly.’ ‘I am angerly. I am in fact so exceedingly out of temper that I can scarcely command my mind and keep it steady to its paper-work,’ said Jack, and Stephen, with a sinking heart, saw that he was if anything understating the case.”

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Etymology

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

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