impatientlyadv.
/ɪmˈpeɪʃntli/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpeɪʃəntli/ In an impatient manner.
1. Without endurance of suffering or discomfort; irritably. (In quot. 1593, Ardently, passionately.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impatience > [adverb]
unpatientlyc1390
impatiently1490
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [adverb]
impatiently1490
tetchily1647
touchily1658
testily1755
spleenishly1775
splenetically1779
edgily1837
irritably1855
shirtily1879
teethily1879
spleenfully1882
soreheadedly1883
teasily1928
rattily1938
snarkily1967
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adverb] > with impatient passion
impatiently1593
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vi. 25 His..wyf bare it moche inpacyentli and sorowfully.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 5 I loue thee impatiently.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. i. 243 You..too impatiently stampt with your foote. View more context for this quotation
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 424. ⁋6 Speaking impatiently to Servants.
1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 13 As if her heart impatiently endured Its bursting burthen.
2. With restless expectation or longing; with eager desire.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adverb]
pruriently1592
impatiently1632
itchingly1657
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 130 Impatiently expecting the Count of Bona's returne.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xi. 171 His sister ran impatiently to meet him.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vii. 130 The Queen..impatiently babbled the secret to Lady Carlisle.
1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea i. 3 ‘Make haste!’ cried the Russian, shaking his lance impatiently.
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