Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an obnoxious manner; reprehensibly; offensively; odiously.
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- adverb In an
obnoxious manner.
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- adverb in an obnoxious manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mickey Kaus); (b) insist in obnoxiously condescending fashion that Mom and Dad are equally wrong (e.g.,
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When our spouse, co-worker, or friend is busy on their phone, checking email, or being "obnoxiously" plugged in, we often get annoyed.
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Americans may, at times, be obnoxiously self-righteous, but America's leaders, like China's, know exactly which side their bread is buttered on.
Leslie Griffith: In Bed With Red Leslie Griffith 2011
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I need someone to analyze my baby's vomit with for an obnoxiously long time.
Toni Nagy: Competitive Mom Friends Toni Nagy 2011
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Atheists, particularly ones with the unmitigated gall to waltz into a thread and describe themselves as moral and altruistic, many times show they can be as obnoxiously self-righteous as the most irritating front-pew show-Christians around.
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Americans may, at times, be obnoxiously self-righteous, but America's leaders, like China's, know exactly which side their bread is buttered on.
Leslie Griffith: In Bed With Red Leslie Griffith 2011
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I need someone to analyze my baby's vomit with for an obnoxiously long time.
Toni Nagy: Competitive Mom Friends Toni Nagy 2011
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I need someone to analyze my baby's vomit with for an obnoxiously long time.
Toni Nagy: Competitive Mom Friends Toni Nagy 2011
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And slithering under the current of the breeze, I smelled the floral, obnoxiously clean scent of fabric softener.
The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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I need someone to analyze my baby's vomit with for an obnoxiously long time.
Toni Nagy: Competitive Mom Friends Toni Nagy 2011
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