angrily

EN
adv

🇺🇸

/ˈæŋɡrɪ.li/

🇺🇸

/ˈæŋɡrɪ.li/

🇬🇧

/ˈæŋɡrɪli/

🇬🇧

/ˈæŋɡrɪli/

Word Forms

Description

Angrily is an adverb that describes how an action is done—with strong, heated anger. It adds emotional intensity to verbs, showing someone is acting out of frustration, offense, or rage, like yelling, slamming doors, or storming off.

Examples

She slammed the book shut angrily when she read the unfair review.

He shouted angrily at the referee after the controversial call.

The customer tapped her foot impatiently and asked the clerk angrily why her order wasn't ready.

They argued so loudly and angrily that neighbors called the police.

Without a word, he turned and walked away angrily.

Root

angr

Comes from Old Norse 'angr' and Proto-Germanic '*angriz', meaning 'grief, sorrow, or distress'. It evolved into Old English 'angor' and Middle English 'anger', carrying the core sense of painful emotional tension that readily escalates to fury. Examples include anger, angry, angrily, anguish (via Latin 'angustia', sharing the same Proto-Indo-European root *angh- 'to squeeze, choke, distress').