Meaning & use
Irritably
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In an easily annoyed or bad-tempered manner.
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He snapped irritably at the waiter over a minor mistake.
She tapped her pen irritably while waiting for the meeting to start.
A note on using this word
Derived from 'irritable,' which traces back to the Latin 'irritare,' meaning 'to provoke.'
Words with a similar meaning
testilycrossly
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Words with an opposite meaning
calmlypatiently
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