Both Uses of
exasperated
in
Main Street
- She smiled at him with the exasperating tactfulness of a woman checking a flirtation; a smile like an airy pat on the arm.†
Chpt 16 *
- Her task wouldn't be anything so lively as having to endure a scolding, but only an exasperating effort to command his attention so that he would understand the nebulous things she had to tell him, instead of interrupting her by yawning, winding the clock, and going up to bed.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(exasperated) greatly annoyed