trying
adjective
extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one's patience and goodwill to the limit.
tryingly
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a word derived from
trying.
Example Sentences
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Elizabeth was her grandfather's chief companion in-doors, and she was cheerful for his sake under circumstances that were tryingly oppressive.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
The fashion was healthy and economical, certainly, but it was tryingly ugly and cheerless.
From Household Organization by Florence Caddy
Yellow blinds are very disagreeable, and tryingly sunny in summer.
From Household Organization by Florence Caddy
Always reticent with him, she had been very tryingly so on their journey.
From The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Her eyes were of that deep peculiar blue which generally is such a menace to the peace of the sterner sex, and over which lovers are wont to expatiate so tryingly to bosom friends.
From A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories by F. Clifford (Frank Clifford) Smith
