Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Troublesomely; annoyingly.

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  • adverb In a pestering manner; annoyingly, bothersomely.

Etymologies

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pestering +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • “Endlessly thought-provoking…As haunting as a daguerro-type: true in details, but pesteringly strange; and as beautiful as if it were written not in words but in light.”

    The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

  • “Endlessly thought-provoking…As haunting as a daguerro-type: true in details, but pesteringly strange; and as beautiful as if it were written not in words but in light.”

    The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

  • “Endlessly thought-provoking…As haunting as a daguerro-type: true in details, but pesteringly strange; and as beautiful as if it were written not in words but in light.”

    The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

  • However-however-whatever he felt for her (and he could only describe the emotion as being as satisfyingly poignant as it was pesteringly agreeable), or she felt for him, it had been established-had it not?

    Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • However-however-whatever he felt for her (and he could only describe the emotion as being as satisfyingly poignant as it was pesteringly agreeable), or she felt for him, it had been established-had it not?

    Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000

  • Well, what was it that those who were so shamelessly and so pesteringly cadging about places, and titles, and preferments, and wives, and gold, and silver, and such like -- what was it they prevailed on this poor stupid countryman to cheapen and buy?

    Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) Alexander Whyte 1878

  • Because ecosystems vary based on geography, and lasting success depends on the support of local residents, the process is pesteringly cross-disciplinary.

    NYT > Home Page By PAUL MOZUR 2009

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