irritably

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English irritable

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 irritably

From irritable + -ly.

Adverb

irritably (comparative more irritably, superlative most irritably)

1. In an irritable manner.

Translations

in an irritable manner

• Esperanto: iritiĝeblece

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “irritably”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “irritably”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.