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Definition: Irritably |
IrritablyAdverb1. In a petulant manner; "he said testily; `Go away!'". 2. In an irritable manner; "she had become irritably exact". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "irritably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Synonyms: IrritablySynonyms: pettishly (adv), petulantly (adv), testily (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Irritably |
| English words defined with "irritably": snappish, snappy. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Tom turned irritably. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Irritably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Irritably" is used about 284 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 284 | 17,292 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "irritably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | reizbar (bilious, excitable, excitably, grumpy, inflammable, irascible, irascibly, irritable, nervous, peevish, prickly, sensitive, snappy, testy, touchy, waspish), gereizte (petulantly). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | ingerülten (crossly, edgily, hotly, peevishly, pettishly). (various references) | ||||||||||
Manx | nash-ching (irritably sick). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | irritablyay nervos (fidgety, fussy, hysterical, ill natured, impatient, impatiently, irritated, jumpy, nervous, nervously, nervy, neurotic, overwrought, sinewy). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "irritably" (pronounced 'Ir"ri*ta*bly'): Abominably, Acceptably, Accessibly, Accountably, Accustomably, Actionably, Admirably, Adorably, Advisably, Affably, Agreeably, Allowably, Alterably, Amenably, Amiably, Amicably, Answerably, ASSEMBLY, Assumably, Audibly, Avaiably, Brambly, Bubbly, Chanceably, Changeably, Chargeably, Charitably, Cognizably, Comfortably, Commensurably, Compatibly, Compellably, Comprehensibly, Conducibly, Conformably, Conscionably, Considerably, Contemptibly, Conversably, Convertibly, Covenably, Credibly, Creditably, Crumbly, Customably, Damnably, Deceivably, Deducibly, Durably, forcibly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-l-r-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: ability, biliary, library. | |
-3 letters: airily, artily, briary, rarity, tibial, tribal, trilby. | |
-4 letters: alibi, biali, bialy, brail, briar, laity, libra, libri, litai, lyart, riyal, tarry, tibia, trail, trial. | |
-5 letters: ably, abri, airt, airy, alit, aril, arty, aryl, bail, bait, birl, birr, blat, brat, bray, brit, byrl, ilia, lair, lari, lati, liar, lira, liri, rail, rial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-r-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: arbitrarily. | |
+3 letters: interlibrary, irritability. | |
+4 letters: deterrability, equilibratory, irretrievably, perdurability, preferability, reformability, repairability, tricarboxylic. | |
+5 letters: gyrostabilizer, hyperirritable, irrefutability, irremovability, irrevocability, performability, preservability, recoverability, refrangibility, retrievability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 72 72 69 74 61 62 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. .-. .-. .. - .- -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01110010 01110010 01101001 01110100 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I r r i t a b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0072 0072 0069 0074 0061 0062 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438484758667687891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | német, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, neamţ |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Ungar, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumäne, román, Roomainagh, român |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, englezesc |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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