spleneticallyadv.
/splᵻˈnɛtᵻkli/, U.S. /spləˈnɛdək(ə)li/ In a splenetic manner; with spleen.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [adverb]
impatiently1490
tetchily1647
touchily1658
testily1755
spleenishly1775
splenetically1779
edgily1837
irritably1855
shirtily1879
teethily1879
spleenfully1882
soreheadedly1883
teasily1928
rattily1938
snarkily1967
1779 W. Alexander Hist. Women I. Introd. 4 We laugh at the credulity of their minds, and splenetically satirise..every fault and every folly.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 103 More splenetically than became a philosopher, or hermit.
1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 193 Whether the above was splenetically sent to Calcott..is not certain.
1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls x. 154 ‘I guess you'll find it so,’ said Eliza Mokey, splenetically.
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