adv. [f. prec. + -LY2. Cf. WRETHFULLY adv.] In a wrathful manner; angrily, wrothfully.
c. 1330. Arth. & Merl., 1362. Þe king for þis was swiþe wroþ, wraþfulliche swore his oþ.
1390. Gower, Conf., II. 375. Bot he hem wrathfulli congeide.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., V. i. 18. His sword he drew all wrathfully.
1601. Shaks., Jul. C., II. i. 172. Let’s kill him Boldly, but not Wrathfully.
1740. Richardson, Pamela, II. 281. He … said wrathfully, Begone, rageful Woman!
1833. Mrs. Browning, Prometh. Bound, 189. Zeus … Right wrathfully Bears on his sceptral soul unbent.
1839. Dickens, Nickleby, xii. ‘Hold your tongue,’ replied Miss Squeers wrathfully.
1885. L’pool Daily Post, 7 March, 4/8. The recollections of our correspondent have apparently been wrathfully awakened.
