irefullyadv.
/ˈʌɪəfʊli/ In an ireful manner; angrily, wrathfully.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
wrothec950
wrothlyOE
moodilyOE
thraftlyc1275
wrathfullyc1330
teenfullya1375
heavyc1380
angerlya1387
angrilyc1400
irouslya1450
fumously1459
wrethfullyc1475
hot1487
irefully1490
wrothfullya1500
wrothly?a1500
melancholily1536
enragedlya1572
fumingly1597
iracundiously1599
teenouslya1600
passionately1615
warmly1776
wrathily1847
heatedly1862
irately1883
spunkily1890
wrothily1898
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 230 They..cam to Reynawde for to sle hym yrefully.
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xxxiv. 81 Gods face is seene, most irefully, to wycked men of hand.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 701 The dams fight for their young ones most irefully.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 4 I will not (answered irefully the Prince).
1865 E. C. Clayton Cruel Fortune I. 237 ‘She is a stupid..discontented little fool’, she irefully reflected.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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