maddeningly
maddeningly adverb: in a maddening manner.
Adverb
maddeningly (comparative more maddeningly, superlative most maddeningly)
- In a maddening manner.
- Walking back to the little wooden bungalow, Bond picked up his first sandfly bites. Quarrel chuckled when he saw the flat bumps on his back that would soon start to itch maddeningly.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 185
- Hardman ran to the corner and jumped into a trishaw. The driver was maddeningly slow and stupid.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 378
Forms of maddeningly
| comparative | more maddeningly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most maddeningly |
Origin of maddeningly
From maddening + -ly.
Questions about maddeningly
- What does maddeningly mean?
- Maddeningly means in a maddening manner.
- What part of speech is maddeningly?
- Maddeningly is an adverb.
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