irksomely

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Gradually, irksomely, but surely and steadily, it developed, and at last it took definite form as a pretty successful wink.

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  • The Admiral, said Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, in a sermon preached shortly afterwards, 'died very dangerously, irksomely, horribly'. —  TheChildrenof
  • I found it irksomely self-promotional, but I'm guilty of that very thing-I just don't make any money off of it - so I had to chalk it up to style and posturing. —  bavatuesdays
  • If Facebook is now the yearbook of life, the same rules appear to apply: The community's most self-absorbed members tend to boast hundreds of fast friends, their walls are littered with provocative posts and their photos usually number in the hundreds - all irksomely flattering. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • So apologies in advance if I'm irksomely enthusiastic about my cool new literature delivery system. —  Slate Magazine
  • When Bosley Crowther, reviewing the movie in The New York Times, described Jacobi as "irksomely sluggish and pathetically lax as the weakling Van Daan," it was high praise. —  post-gazette.com - News
 

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