Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With wrath or great anger; angrily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb colloq. In a wrathy manner; very angrily; wrathfully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb colloquial, archaic In a
wrathy manner; with greatanger .
Etymologies
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wrathy + -ly
Examples
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Though he snarled wrathily, Michael turned away composedly and looked up into
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"Now what's ailin '< i > you ?" demanded Butch wrathily, believing the pestersome Hicks to be acting in that burglarious manner for effect.
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Though he snarled wrathily, Michael turned away composedly and looked up into
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"It shows," retorted Mr. Seaton, wrathily, "that along this sparsely settled shore there is a numerous gang organized for some law-breaking purpose."
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"Don't be too frolicsome with me!" warned Dalton, wrathily.
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