Vexatiously

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.]
     1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a
        vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. "Continual
        vexatious wars." --South.
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     2. Full of vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.
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              He leads a vexatious life.            --Sir K.
                                                    Digby.
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     {Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of
        giving trouble, or without cause.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Vex*a"tious*ly}, adv. --
        {Vex*a"tious*ness}, n.
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