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Splenetically

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sple·net·ic  (spl-ntk) also sple·net·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the spleen.
2. Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability.
n.
A person regarded as irritable.
[Late Latin splnticus, from Latin spln, spleen; see spleen.]
sple·neti·cal·ly adv.
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