plaguy
adjective
such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious.
plaguily
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a word derived from
plaguy.
Example Sentences
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Says his lordship to Thomas, "Your rent I must raise, I'm so plaguily pinch'd for the pelf."
From The New Pun Book by Thomas A. Brown
Yes, I will go on;—and yet my mind misgives me plaguily.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
He has been plaguily pleased by the intelligence contained in your last to me respecting the reviews of his hymns.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
If he must preach so plaguily about generosity, he might, at least, pay for it out of his own pocket.
From The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts by George Colman
There was something plaguily odd about this young gentleman's manner.
From The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
