irritably

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Irritably, he asks at one point, “Who got cheated?”

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2014

Irritably, he hobbled out and told the beggar to shut up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Irritably amused by all this were the opposition politicians, themselves pretty disorganized.

From Time Magazine Archive

Irritably he swept the lot of them aside and bellowed viva voce to his people.

From Time Magazine Archive

Irritably, settling down to make the best of a poor situation, they begin preparations for the laying of eggs and the taking care of the brood.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas