bad-temperedly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bad-tempered + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]bad-temperedly (comparative more bad-temperedly, superlative most bad-temperedly)
- In a bad-tempered manner.
- Antonym: good-temperedly
- 1891 August, George Gissing, “Letty Coe”, in Temple Bar, volume XCII, London, page 541:
- “What does the Queen have for supper, Mrs. Jarmey?” / “How sh’d I know!” was the only reply, given rather bad-temperedly.
- 1947, Kenneth Patchen, See You in the Morning: A Novel of Love and Faith, New York, N.Y.: Padell, page 53:
- Near a clump of bushes a freshet charged bad-temperedly across the road and off into a deep gulley; […]
References
[edit]- “bad-temperedly, adv.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.