Examples of use of irritably
1. "They come from me, of course!" he replies irritably.
2. Wintour turns to look out of the window and sighs, irritably.
3. Central Elections Commission chief Alexander Veshnyakov told reporters, irritably, that he had no intention of adjusting election timing to personalities.
4. It was Groundhog Day all over again last week as Prime Minister Nouri al–Maliki reacted irritably to Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and Bush announcing that Maliki would do X, Y and Z –– "benchmarks" in presidential parlance – or else.
5. Someone close to Bush wrote recently that he is even being blamed for not anticipating China‘s economic growth, asking a bit irritably what he should have done – try to stop it?