irritatingly
2
4.2
- adverb
- /ˌɪrɪˈteɪɪŋli/
:
irritantemente
- She kept tapping her pen irritatingly during the meeting, distracting everyone around her.
And they cluster remarkably well, in fact irritatingly so.
- And they cluster remarkably well, in fact irritatingly so.
Examples
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His grimness struck me as irritatingly comical.
Fiction book (1992) -
The princess, a hoyden of some repute in her own right, was shaking her head in an irritatingly superior way.
Fiction book (1994) -
Women can be irritatingly perceptive, I thought.
Fiction book (1996) -
Wow, this is irritatingly stereotypical.
Blog text (18) -
"See," he said, in a tone Margaret found irritatingly informative.
Fiction book (1995) -
I mean, she's just irritatingly desirable.
Fiction book (1992) -
To the reader who seeks in philosophy a fixed doctrine or method, his writing seems irritatingly elusive.
Academic text (1991) -
Irritatingly, TOS started to suffer again from hurricanes.
Fiction book (1995) -
He woke to my stirring and seemed his normal, irritatingly cheerful morning self.
Fiction book (1992) -
And even some of my closest and dearest friends have wondered aloud when I'm going to write a book "that isn't about Vietnam," their genuine concern for my psychological well-being irritatingly evident in their tone of voice.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
26
3.4
In a way that makes a person feel uncomfortable or awkward
14
3.0
In a way that makes people feel bothered
7
4.4
In a way that makes you feel annoyed because things are slow or difficult
6
6.4
In a way that annoys and upsets other people
5
2.7
In a way that makes you feel bad or uncomfortable
3
6.6
In a very annoying or frustrating way
2
7.4
In a way that makes someone very angry or frustrated
1
7.9
In a way that makes people feel annoyed
1
7.5
In a way that makes someone feel annoyed and impatient
In an annoying way that bothers other people
In a way that makes other people feel annoyed or resentful
In a way that annoys or worries other people, often on purpose
In a way that annoys or worries someone again and again
In a way that makes people feel annoyed
Antonyms
How Annoying
Surface Forms
Morphology
irritatingly = irritating (transparent) = irritate + ing + ly
Formed by adding -ly to the adjective 'irritating' (itself from 'irritate' + -ing); the adverbial meaning is directly derivable from the adjective.
Etymology
Irritatingly comes from irritate, which means 'to annoy' or 'to make itchy or sore'. So doing something irritatingly is doing it in a way that makes people annoyed or uncomfortable.