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vexatiously

vexatiously


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vexatious  \Vex*a"tious\,  a.  [See  {Vexation}.] 
  1.  Causing  vexation;  agitating;  afflictive;  annoying;  as  a 
  vexatious  controversy;  a  vexatious  neighbor.  ``Continual 
  vexatious  wars.''  --South. 
 
  2.  Full  or  vexation,  trouble,  or  disquiet;  disturbed. 
 
  He  leads  a  vexatious  life.  --Sir  K. 
  Digby 
 
  {Vexatious  suit}  (Law),  a  suit  commenced  for  the  purpose  of 
  giving  trouble,  or  without  cause  --  {Vex*a"tious*ly}, 
  adv  --  {Vex*a"tious*ness},  n.