Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a galling manner; annoyingly; provokingly.
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- adverb In a
galling manner
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Others might prefer the chapters on mangled words and idioms, or on the etymology of popular words and phrases, or on fractured French borrowings (the gallingly non-Gallic pronunciation of lingerie, for instance).
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He understood, perhaps better than anyone on this earth, how gallingly unfair the situation was to her.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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He understood, perhaps better than anyone on this earth, how gallingly unfair the situation was to her.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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Others might prefer the chapters on mangled words and idioms, or on the etymology of popular words and phrases, or on fractured French borrowings (the gallingly non-Gallic pronunciation of lingerie, for instance).
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"While Vincent could be gallingly contentious and even dangerously confrontational at times," Messrs.
A Stranger to Himself Jonathan Lopez 2011
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He understood, perhaps better than anyone on this earth, how gallingly unfair the situation was to her.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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Additionally, and perhaps most gallingly, the business is then put on a three-year probation (five years for those that intentionally hire undocumented workers) and must file quarterly records to prove that it has not since broken the law again.
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(Having made a number of gallingly stupid mistakes in my life, I can only imagine the depth of idiocy to which the stupidest mistake would descend.) Sherry claims that the athlete has made a further mistake by describing the mistake as stupidest rather than most stupid.
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I think you could surmise that, because the vehicles are so gallingly, freakishly, blot-out-the-sun huge, they require more than usual care to drive in urban environments.
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That year, Katrina's wake washed away whatever credibility remained following the exposure of this Administration's penchant for payola, staged "town hall meetings," disingenuously named initiatives like "Clear Skies" and "Healthy Forests," fabricated news reports praising the President's prescription drug program, gallingly inappropriate stunts like strutting across an aircraft carrier in a flight suit to declare "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq, and even a phony reporter planted in White House press briefings as a lifeline.
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