troublesomeness
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Did he ever guess that there was something else in her than this obstinacy, this troublesomeness with which she was forced to meet him?
From Delia Blanchflower by Mrs. Humphry Ward
“You have, my child,” said the little old lady; “very good—also rather troublesome, especially in the way of talking nonsense, and I’m sorry to find that although your goodness continues, your troublesomeness does not cease!”
From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
My dear Flower, …Many thanks for taking my troublesomeness in good part.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
As a result of this cogitation Leonore decided that she would nip Peter's troublesomeness in the bud, that she would put up a sign, "Trespassing forbidden;" by which he might take warning.
From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Paul Leicester Ford
But king Diarmait most of all men grieved for his death, insomuch that he grew deaf, and could not hear the causes of his subjects, by reason of the heaviness and troublesomeness of his brains.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by R.A. Stewart MacAlister
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