different between plaguy vs plaguily

English

Etymology

plague +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ple??i/
• Rhymes: -e??i

Adjective

plaguy (comparative plaguier, superlative plaguiest)

1. Causing annoyance or bother; irritating.

   • He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales, for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.

   • 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, 1998, Chapter 10,

     “If you hadn’t all been in such a plaguey fuss when we were starting, I’d have brought some pillows,” said Mrs. Beaver.

Alternative forms

• plaguey

Synonyms

• annoying, irritating, troublesome

English

Etymology

plaguy +? -ly

Adverb

plaguily (comparative more plaguily, superlative most plaguily)

1. In a plaguy way.
   • 1590, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 3, Chapter 10, p. 284,^[1]

     […] most wicked woman (that hast so plaguily a corrupted minde, as thou canst not keepe thy sickenesse to thy selfe, but must most wickedly infect others) […]

   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, London, Volume 5, Letter 46, p. 318,^[2]

     I was plaguily nettled, and disappointed too.

   • 1907, Israel Zangwill, “The Jewish Trinity” in Ghetto Comedies, London: Heinemann, p. 89,^[3]

     Little wonder that the artist’s glance frequently wandered across the great shining table towards a girl who, if they had not been so plaguily intent on honouring his fame, might have now been replacing the Mayoress at his side.