Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plaguey"
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plaguey
adj 1: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift;
"plaguelike diseases"; "plaguey fevers" [syn: {pestilent},
{pestilential}, {plaguelike}]
2: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm
on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay";
"nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of
pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a
teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious
child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"
[syn: {annoying}, {bothersome}, {galling}, {irritating}, {nettlesome},
{pesky}, {pestering}, {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {teasing},
{vexatious}, {vexing}]
adv : in a disagreeable manner; "it's so plaguey cold!" [syn: {plaguy},
{plaguily}]
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