nigglingly
In trivial fashion
In a way that causes petty but persistent irritation.
Something nigglingly wrong keeps nagging at you without being significant enough to demand immediate attention: The discrepancy was nigglingly familiar, like a name on the tip of her tongue.
The word shares territory with annoyingly but implies smaller, more trivial concerns.
In a vexing manner
- vexinglyIn an irritating manner
- maddeninglyCausing extreme frustration
- exasperatinglyIn an irritating manner
- frustratinglyIn an exasperating way
gratingly · jarringly · irksomely · bothersome · aggravating · provoking · nettlesome · pesky
Lacking significance or weight
- triflingOf no real importance
- pettyOf little importance
- piddlingInsignificantly small
- picayuneOf trivial importance
footling · fiddling · piffling · nitpicking · quibbling · hairsplitting · pedantic · fussy
Persistent bothering or complaining
- gnawingPersistent biting action
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- doggingPersistently following or pursuing
unrelenting · incessant · recurring · constant · continual · unremitting · relentless · bothering
irritatingly
In a vexing manner
- vexinglyIn an irritating manner
- maddeninglyCausing extreme frustration
- exasperatinglyIn an irritating manner
frustratingly · gratingly · jarringly · irksomely · bothersome · aggravating · provoking · nettlesome · pesky · teasing
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
picayune · footling · fiddling · piffling · nitpicking · quibbling · hairsplitting · pedantic · fussy · finicky
nagging
Persistent bothering or complaining
- gnawingPersistent biting action
- lingeringRemaining beyond expected duration
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
dogging · unrelenting · incessant · recurring · constant · continual · unremitting · relentless · bothering · plaguing
nigglinglysubstantially
To a significant degree
significantly · enormously · hugely · majorly · massively
nigglinglygenerously
With free-giving spirit
magnanimously · broadly · sweepingly · liberally · expansively