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fretfully

adv
/ˈfɹɛt.fə.li/

Etymology

From fretful + -ly.

  1. derived from *h₃enh₂-✻
  2. derived from -āre
  3. derived from -er
  4. derived from *bʰreg-✻
  5. derived from *frangō✻
  6. derived from frangō
  7. derived from fret
  8. derived from freté
  9. inherited from frēten — “to decorate”
  10. suffixed as fretful — “fret + ful”
  11. suffixed as fretfully — “fretful + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a fretful manner.

    • “I am not going to run away, Papa,” said Kitty, fretfully; “if I should ever go to Brighton, I would behave better than Lydia.” “You go to Brighton!—I would not trust you so near it as East Bourne, for fifty pounds![…]”
    • […] rain squalled fretfully against the schoolhouse roof. Although it had stopped by the time the afternoon recess was due, Miss Willie decided that it was too cold and raw for the children to be out a full half hour, so she sent them[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA