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[ adverb ] in an impatient manner

Synonyms

with_impatience

Examples

"he answered her impatiently"

Used in print

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

He would remain in the tent , waiting impatiently , occupied by some trivial task .

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

The girl tapped the quirt impatiently against her knee and glared at him .

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

The battle of the drib-drool continues , but most of New_York 's knowing sophisticates of Abstract_Expressionism are stamping their feet impatiently in expectation of V ( for Vindication ) Day , September first , when Augustus_Quasimodo 's first one-man show opens at the Guggenheim .

Related terms

patiently impatient impatient

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