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impatiently, adv.|ɪmˈpeɪʃəntlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In an impatient manner.
1. Without endurance of suffering or discomfort; irritably. (In quot. 1593, Ardently, passionately.)
1490Caxton Eneydos vi. 25 His..wyf bare it moche inpacyentli and sorowfully. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 9, I love thee impatiently. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. ii. i. 244 You..too impatiently stampt with your foote. 1712Steele Spect. No. 424 ⁋6 Speaking impatiently to Servants. 1816Shelley Alastor 173 As if her heart impatiently endured Its bursting burthen.
2. With restless expectation or longing; with eager desire.
1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 130 Impatiently expecting the Count of Bona's returne. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxx, His sister ran impatiently to meet him. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. vii. 130 The Queen..impatiently babbled the secret to Lady Carlisle. 1833H. Martineau Charmed Sea i. 3 ‘Make haste!’ cried the Russian, shaking his lance impatiently. |