irately

1. 1.

   in an irate manner

   “`Get out,' he shouted irately”

Questions about irately

What does irately mean?

irately means "in an irate manner".

How many syllables are in irately?

irately has 4 syllables: i-ra-te-ly. The stress falls on "ra".

Is irately a common word?

irately is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.