Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an ireful or angry manner; angrily; wrathfully.
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- adverb In an
ireful manner;angrily ;wrathfully .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He, this school autocrat, gathered all and sundry reins into the hollow of his one hand; he irefully rejected any colleague; he would not have help.
Villette 2003
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He was irefully conscious of Gleed and the patrol watching, listening and probably grinning like stupid apes behind his back.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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Her master, on looking up, perceived the red face of Monsieur Ramin peeping over the old woman's shoulder, and irefully cried out:
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 Various
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Castleton's large black eyes flashed irefully, and he was evidently gratified at my approach.
A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake
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The poor lady choked in her coffee, and between her gasps whispered irefully behind her napkin, --
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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"Matilda, I'm not the man to take that!" he declared irefully.
No. 13 Washington Square Leroy Scott 1902
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Governor North agreed with that dictum, heartily, irefully.
All-Wool Morrison Holman Day 1900
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Craig squinted irefully at the presumptuous rebel.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods Holman Day 1900
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With spectacles settled on a nose that wrinkled irefully, the Cap'n perused the paper, his eyes growing bigger.
The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900
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"What?" demanded Mrs. Stanton, irefully, pulling away from the girl who was trying to coax back good nature.
All-Wool Morrison Holman Day 1900
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