tryingly

—The Giants had just, after a tryingly long afternoon, dispensed of the pesky Miami Dolphins, 20-17.

Wasn't This the Easy Game? Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011

Along with uncontrolled lust, Chiang began to exhibit a “fiery, uncompromising temper which weighed very tryingly on his friends.”

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

Dodd is simply grandstanding, tryingly at Obama's expense.

Dodd Hits Obama And Hillary, Demands Clarity On Iraq 2009

Her eyes were of that deep peculiar blue which generally is such a menace to the peace of the sterner sex, and over which lovers are wont to expatiate so tryingly to bosom friends.

A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories 1901

The poor little woman was most tryingly placed; she came into the world without the customary letters of credit upon those two great bankers of humanity, "Heart and Conscience," and it was no fault of hers if they dishonoured all her bills.

Famous Reviews R. Brimley Johnson 1899

The modesty and simplicity with which one's physicians tell one not to think or feel, just as they would tell one not to walk out in the dew, would be quite amusing, if it were not too tryingly stupid sometimes.

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898

By the time Dr. Tradonico appeared Mrs. Lander was so much better that in her revulsion of feeling she was all day rather tryingly affectionate in her indirect appeals for Clementina's sympathy.

Ragged Lady — Volume 2 William Dean Howells 1878

By the time Dr. Tradonico appeared Mrs. Lander was so much better that in her revulsion of feeling she was all day rather tryingly affectionate in her indirect appeals for Clementina's sympathy.

Ragged Lady — Complete William Dean Howells 1878

Always reticent with him, she had been very tryingly so on their journey.

The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

The modesty and simplicity with which one's physicians tell one not to think or feel, just as they would tell one not to walk out in the dew, would be quite amusing, if it were not too tryingly stupid sometimes.

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850