edgilyadv.
/ˈɛdʒɪli/ In an edgy manner; irritably, testily.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [adverb]
impatiently1490
tetchily1647
touchily1658
testily1755
spleenishly1775
splenetically1779
edgily1837
irritably1855
shirtily1879
teethily1879
spleenfully1882
soreheadedly1883
teasily1928
rattily1938
snarkily1967
1837 H. E. Manning Let. 8 Mar. in S. Leslie Life (1921) xvi. 269 Newman did not like my joking letter. He answered rather edgily and defensively.
1922 M. Arlen ‘Piracy’ iii. ix. §3 ‘You are making a butt of me, Virginia,’ he complained edgily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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