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- adverb In an
infuriating manner.
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Examples
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October 1955: Mouseketeers become an instant phenomenon, a huge hit with kids across the country, making overnight stars of the two dozen singing and dancing children at its center and an enduring classic of its infuriatingly catchy theme song.
Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory Jennifer Armstrong 2010
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October 1955: Mouseketeers become an instant phenomenon, a huge hit with kids across the country, making overnight stars of the two dozen singing and dancing children at its center and an enduring classic of its infuriatingly catchy theme song.
Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory Jennifer Armstrong 2010
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The almost infuriatingly dry captions have been supplemented with recordings available on hand-held listening devices, which give a little bit more insight.
Following controversy, mummies at Penn Museum remain objects of mystery 2011
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If it seems to be infuriatingly London-centric, then the excuse is this: if you're going to organise a demonstration, you're going to make much more of an impact if you do it in the capital city than if you do it anywhere else in the country – although this may no longer be so true: Williams was writing about last Saturday's proposed march in Leicester by the distinctly unpleasant English Defence League.
Violent London: 2,000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts by Clive Bloom – review Nicholas Lezard 2010
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Most infuriatingly, the primitive text editor for writing "ideas" has a 42-ish word limit BUT DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM TYPING.
Wridea Is An Online Organiser For Your Ideas | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Soloists struggle with the ferociously hard writing for their instruments which – infuriatingly – never actually sounds particularly difficult.
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And then, on a lark, I was perusing the blog Starlingford Chronicles, and found this recent post asking the same question that my infuriatingly persistent subconscious was asking.
What’s the singular form of ‘cattle’? « Motivated Grammar 2010
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He can be so infuriatingly tiring when he gets going.
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Inaction by the Senate is infuriatingly difficult to fathom, given how vulnerable the people of Shaktoolik and other Alaskan villages are, and the amount of information our leaders have on climate change and conditions in the Arctic.
Jon Rosales: Remember Shaktoolik Jon Rosales 2010
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But then they turn around and criticize the Kossacks, the Deans, the Open Left and FDL crowds, and most infuriatingly of all the progressive base for being too vocal (or too strident, too ideological …)
dmcleod0914 commented on the word infuriatingly
"It took an infuriatingly long time, of course." - Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, pg.133
December 1, 2010