| 释义 |
vexatiously, adv.|vɛkˈseɪʃəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a vexatious manner; so as to cause annoyance or irritation.
1653R. Sanders Physiogn. 140 Thy soul is vexatiously perturbated. 1709Swift & Addison Tatler No. 43 ⁋2, The rugged Cares and Disturbance that Publick Affairs brings with it, which does so vexatiously affect the Heads of other great Men. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. ix. 227 We were most strangely and vexatiously disappointed, by finding that the light..was only a fire on the shore. 1788F. Burney Diary 2 Aug., Very vexatiously, however, my message arrived..late. 1847S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. III. 531 At the same time difficulties were vexatiously thrown in the way of the protestant procurator. 1879S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Pal. xi. 242 We paused here and interrogated our Arabs, but, vexatiously enough, we could extract from them no such tradition.
b. spec. in Law. (See vexatious a. 1 c.)
1880Muirhead Gaius iv. §172 The praetor allows an oath to be exacted from him ‘that he is not vexatiously denying his liability’. 1883Law Times 20 Oct. 412/1 The bankrupt..must not have vexatiously defended any action. |