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Definition of Naggingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naggingly
Literary usage of Naggingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1890)
"It is brightly written, and the interest is kept up un- naggingly to the end.
It is the sort of story the young feel sorry to lay down, and its tone is as ..."
2. John Knox by Marion Harland (1899)
"She set upon him naggingly until he made court to Sir Robert Bowes, who kicked
him (figuratively) out-of-doors for his and her pains. ..."
3. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"And more naggingly, where exactly were all the hundreds of places whose owners
had never even bothered to link them into this loopy, post-Euclidean ..."
4. The Technique of Teaching by Sheldon Emmor Davis (1922)
"... if consistently, relentlessly, but not naggingly used, will suffice to turn
many negative readers and speakers into positive and more convincing habits ..."
5. Psychology in Education; Designed as a Text-book, and for the Use of the by Ruric Nevel Roark (1895)
"The teacher must unceasingly (but not naggingly) insist upon the erect position
in sitting or standing, and must allow no shuffling in walking. ..."
6. John Knox by Marion Harland (1899)
"She set upon him naggingly until he made court to Sir Robert Bowes, who kicked
him (figuratively) out-of-doors for his and her pains. ..."
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