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aggravatingly

/ˈæɡɹəˌveɪtɪŋli/ adv

In an aggravating manner.

Word Origin From Latin ad- 'to' and gravis 'heavy' — aggravate literally means 'to make heavier toward' someone, to worsen a burden. The root grav- gives us gravity, grave (serious), gravitate, and grief (from the same PIE root *gwere- 'heavy'). Aggravatingly is the adverb form: doing something in an annoyingly heavy manner. The breakdown ag+grav+at+ing+ly shows the prefix assimilated to ag- before g.

adv In an aggravating manner.

He was aggravatingly slow in responding to emails.

(副词) 恼人地；气人地；令人烦躁地

他回复邮件的速度令人恼火地缓慢。

(adverbio) exasperantemente; irritantemente [De manera exasperante o irritante.]

Era exasperantemente lento para responder los correos electrónicos.

(adverbe) agaçamment; irritamment; exaspéramment; de manière agaçante [D'une manière propre à irriter ou à exaspérer.]

Il était d'une lenteur exaspérante dans ses réponses aux e-mails.

(Adverb) ärgerlicherweise; nervigerweise [Auf eine Weise, die Ärger oder Verärgerung hervorruft.]

Er antwortete **aggravatingly** langsam auf E-Mails.

(副詞) いら立たせるように、苛立たしいほどに。

彼はメールへの対応がもどかしいほど遅かった。

(advérbio) irritantemente; exasperantemente [De maneira agravante.]

Ele era irritantemente lento para responder aos e-mails.

Synonyms: annoyingly irritatingly frustratingly vexingly exasperatingly infuriatingly maddeningly bothersomely Antonyms: pleasantly delightfully agreeably pleasingly
Word parts: ag + grav + at + ing + ly

Related words

aggravate aggravation aggravator

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