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 landlord to Thomas, "Your rent I must raise, I'm so plaguily pinch'd for the pelf."
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon
"It looks plaguily like a coffin," Dangerfield answered, with his hand on the wounded man's breast.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
This whispering bodes me no good, for certain; but he has me so plaguily under the lash, that I dare not interrupt him.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
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
