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plaguy (iou) and questioning (oh)


plaguy (iou)



plaguy adjective & adverb. Also plaguey. L16.
[from PLAGUE noun + -Y1.]
A. adjective.
Of the Nature of or pertaining to a plague or the plague. arch. L16.
b. Infected or afflicted with the plague, plague-stricken. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
a. Causing severe affliction or trouble. L16.
b. Troublesome, annoying, harassing; confounded, damnable, cursed; excessive, exceeding, very great. colloq. E17.
E. R. Eddison For all your idle plaguy ways.
b. adverb. = PLAGUILY. colloq. L16.
D. Crockett I was plaguy well pleased with her.

questioning (oh)



a questioning look or expression shows that you have doubts about something or need some information
::Mrs Carson gave Ruth a questioning look.
-- questioningly adv