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annoyingly

adv. manner
B2 Upper Intermediate UK //ɐnˈɔɪɪŋli// an·noy·ing·ly

adv. in a way that is irritating or frustrating. You use it to describe how something makes you feel annoyed.

adv. in a manner that causes irritation or annoyance. Often used to modify adjectives or verbs to emphasize the speaker's frustration.


SIMPLE

The phone rings annoyingly every five minutes.

CONTEXTUAL

The car's alarm went off annoyingly early in the morning, waking up the entire neighborhood.

COMPLEX

The software update was annoyingly slow, forcing the entire department to wait for hours before they could resume their daily tasks.

Origin

From annoying + -ly.

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