Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a mad way; distractedly; wildly.

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  • adverb maddeningly

Etymologies

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madding +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • The center touch screen is sometimes maddingly slow to update or accept a touch command..

    MyFord/MyLincoln Touch: A touch of intuition, or insanity? 2010

  • Interestingly and maddingly, he also told us that he had been there the whole day and that if we had been given the right information from the get go we would have been in and out like a shot during our first visit earlier in the day.

    Bureaucracy and Leg Work. Lee Lee 2008

  • Interestingly and maddingly, he also told us that he had been there the whole day and that if we had been given the right information from the get go we would have been in and out like a shot during our first visit earlier in the day.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Lee Lee 2008

  • The Bel Tel, as it does so often, maddingly, simply lifts an English story as a page filler without the slightest attempt to cover the local angle.

    Slugger O'Toole 2009

  • The Bel Tel, as it does so often, maddingly, simply lifts an English story as a page filler without the slightest attempt to cover the local angle.

    Slugger O'Toole 2009

  • If I were a Laker fan, I would be getting tired of center Andrew Bynum's maddingly inconsistent play.

    MVN 2009

  • His maddingly inconsistent bursts of talent remind me of Soriano - which was the best trade the Yanks made since Wells for Clemens.

    Bats 2009

  • The Bel Tel, as it does so often, maddingly, simply lifts an English story as a page filler without the slightest attempt to cover the local angle.

    Slugger O'Toole 2009

  • The Bel Tel, as it does so often, maddingly, simply lifts an English story as a page filler without the slightest attempt to cover the local angle.

    Slugger O'Toole 2009

  • All these gameplay flaws makes the game maddingly frustrating as you constantly search for the one path you are suppose to follow, then try to avoid the enemies, dying more times than you can count.

    DreamStation.cc 2008

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