aggrievedly
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]aggrievedly (comparative more aggrievedly, superlative most aggrievedly)
- In the manner of someone who is aggrieved
- 1916, Clair W. Hayes, The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign[1]:
- "And what's the matter this time?" he demanded aggrievedly.
- 1920, Willa Cather, Youth and the Bright Medusa[2]:
- "Lady, you're carrying off the bouquet," he said, aggrievedly.
- 1999 July 2, Richard Meltzer, “Vinyl Reckoning”, in Chicago Reader[3]:
- The big homecoming game, however, was canceled when the, uh, president got shot, as was the date itself when I didn't behave aggrievedly enough.