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1661 R. Allestree Serm. St. Peter's 18 If I had worded this more aggravatingly.

1694 G. Keith Further Discov. Falshood & Persecution S. Jennings 4 The People called Quakers..have largely and much more aggravatingly reproved Pride..and arbitrary Proceedings in Magistrates, than what we have done in Pensilvania.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. vii. 39 My sister aggravatingly held up her hands.

1776 F. Stone New Method discharging National Debt 92 Essentially and aggravatingly injured, by the continuance of the present corrupt constitution in church.

1804 T. Holcroft Trav. Hamburg to Paris I. lxxii. 370 An Englishman, of liberal education, cannot have his feelings more aggravatingly offended than to be told of the monstruosities of Shakespear.

1861 All Year Round 3 Aug. 447 The aggravatingly wakeful condition of the inhabitants.

1925 E. A. Powell Map that is Half Unrolled ii. 23 The British in East Africa manage to look aggravatingly spruce and cool when the mercury is hovering around 120 in the shade.

1991 M. Daheim Just Desserts xii. 132 ‘Probably Mother,’ said Judith, staring into the empty popcorn bowl and wondering..how Renie could eat so much and stay so aggravatingly slim.