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impatiently

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English impatient
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English impatiently

    From impatient + -ly.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ɪmˈpeɪʃəntli/
    • Hyphenation: im‧pa‧tient‧ly

    Adverb

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    impatiently (comparative more impatiently, superlative most impatiently)

    1. In an impatient manner.
      Stella was waiting impatiently for the delivery to come.
      • 1848, Jacob Abbott, “Story I. Labour Lost.—Elky.”, in Rollo at Work: Or, The Way for a Boy to Learn to be Industrious‎[1], London: James S. Hodson, page 5:
        He watched his corn impatiently for two days, and, as it did not come up, he thought he would plant it again with beans. He ought to have waited longer.
      • 1887, James H. Scott, “O, Where Is Our Bird?”, in Poems‎[2], second edition, St. Louis: Slawson & Co., page 68:
        The keys are awaiting
        Thy magical touch,
        And the strings are impatiently mute.
      • 1946 July 1, “Sistine Ceiling[:] In Vatican chapel Michelangelo painted tremendous scenes from Bible”, in LIFE‎[3], volume 21, number 1, Time Inc, →ISSN, page 63:
        When the work was almost completed, the Pope impatiently asked when it would be finished. Michelangelo answered, "When I shall be able".

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