Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ANGRILY
angrily
(adverb) with anger; “he angrily denied the accusation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
angrily (comparative more angrily, superlative most angrily)
In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
Anagrams
• arginyl, gyrinal, nargily, rangily, yarling
Source: Wiktionary
An"gri*ly, adv.
Definition: In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
ANGRY
An"gry, a. [Compar. Angrier; superl. Angriest.] Etym: [See Anger.]
1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.] God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. Jer. Taylor.
2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore.
3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing. Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. Gen. xlv. 5. Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice Eccles. v. 6.
4. Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. "An angry countenance." Prov. xxv. 23.
5. Red. [R.] Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. Herbert.
6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.] I never ate with angrier appetite. Tennyson.
Syn.
– Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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