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Meanings of meddlesome in английском

Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.

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Usage of meddlesome in английском
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It was a question not usually asked outright, but only mildly meddlesome.
The Valley of Horses
2
Never before had she known Cyrilla to say anything meddlesome or cattish.
The Price She Paid
3
After much meddlesome surgery we are almost back to his methods again.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine / The Story of The Students And Teac...
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I have succeeded, and may God have mercy on my meddlesome soul!
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1
5
Not the Government Export Licence office, and certainly not the meddlesome Confederation inspectors.
The Reality Dysfunction
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The coast was clear; there was no meddlesome patrol in sight.
New Arabian Nights
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Also my comments on the subject of meddlesome high school principals.
11/22/63
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Women are the most meddlesome things in creation: they never let well alone.
Uncle Max
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He did not care for children; they were meddlesome and noisy.
The Pleasant Street Partnership: A Neighborhood Story
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There are too many meddlesome issues that General Flood and I can handle.
Transfer of power
11
I suppose your meddlesome general has sent you with a message.
At the Point of the Sword
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In Canada, the nation's lead child-porn investigator characterized such volunteers as meddlesome vigilantes.
Wired
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She was the most meddlesome child and might have killed herself.
Dorothy Dale: A Girl of To-Day
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These were intensely strengthened by the imprudence of a meddlesome neighbor.
Hubert's Wife / A Story for You
15
The work ends to-night, and may God forgive me for a meddlesome fellow.
Clementina
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That is why to my meddlesome-minded self it appeared to have some significance.
The Red Planet
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