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impatiently

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I'm impatiently awaiting the day when the norm is high-DPI monitors that seamlessly extend to take up whole walls..

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Quick take

In an impatient manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of impatiently gathered in one view.

adverb

In an impatient manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for impatiently.

adverb

In an impatient manner.

Example sentences

1

I'm impatiently awaiting the day when the norm is high-DPI monitors that seamlessly extend to take up whole walls..

2

The only reason I'd wear a watch is to have something to look at impatiently.

3

When you look at your smartphone impatiently, you could be looking at anything -- because it can do almost anything.

4

I'm waiting rather impatiently for it to mature and fruit so I can see how they taste.

5

I have waited impatiently since the 1990s for a functioning E-ink reader with fast enough page turns to browse documentation.

6

I'm still, rather impatiently at this point, waiting for it to trickle down to residential customers.

7

He died by driving fast, impatiently, killing his wife and unborn child.

8

My most disgusting experience was with an a-hole sitting next row, impatiently speaking on the phone when we were landing.

9

I don't want to spend months of my life mastering Git while our billion-dollar clients are waiting impatiently for their apps.

10

People will cross at red light right after you pass, and will impatiently wait at the edge of the road, leaning forwards, ready to go.

11

So you start the download, run through the install impatiently as you know you need to leave soon to attend to your list of things to do.

12

CTF looks really interesting and at least gives me something to do while I'm (impatiently) waiting for the crypto challenge to arrive in my inbox.

Quote examples

1

What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently; "you say that we go round the sun.

2

I have it and now impatiently waiting for X-T2 so it would be "even better":) Also, Fuji, ship these new zooms finally!!!

3

Upvoted for pointing out how I managed to miss these clear references while impatiently scanning for "astronomy" and "light pollution".

4

Sometimes in the evenings I take a stroll into the village to see my friends, play the guitar, sing a few songs…” The American businessman impatiently interrupted, “Look, I have an MBA from Harvard, and I can help you to be more profitable.

Proper noun examples

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Impatiently waiting for an engine + API docs that I can download and play with.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use impatiently in a sentence?

I'm impatiently awaiting the day when the norm is high-DPI monitors that seamlessly extend to take up whole walls..

What does impatiently mean?

In an impatient manner.

What part of speech is impatiently?

impatiently is commonly used as adverb.