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Vexingly

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vex  (vks)
tr.v. vexed, vex·ing, vex·es
1. To annoy, as with petty importunities; bother. See Synonyms at annoy.
2. To cause perplexity in; puzzle.
3. To bring distress or suffering to; plague or afflict.
4. To debate or discuss (a question, for example) at length.
5. To toss about or shake up.

[Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin vexre; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

vexed·ly (vksd-l) adv.
vexer n.
vexing·ly adv.


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White New Yorkers discovered that Harlem cabarets were the "in" places to go by means of a limited number of sources, notably the trend-setting Vanity Fair magazine, the vexingly titled 1926 book Nigger Heaven, by Carl Van Vechten, which went through fourteen printings in one year, and the musical Lulu Belle, written by Charles MacArthur and Edward Sheldon, which ran on Broadway for 461 performances in the 1920's.
At best, the current economy is sending out vexingly mixed signals.
It remains vexingly difficult for home-owners who have bought in the past five or so years to sell one property and buy another.
 
 
 
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