(1) MacFarlane hurls the affection right back: "You need somebody who is really going to be able to make the point that her character has to make but not come off naggy.
(2) The agar disk diffusion method cannot be used for the "routinary" assay of susceptibility of Campylobacter, because it is a "naggy" microaerophilic organism.
(3) Once you voice the idea that women ask for rape and can't have careers, the next stage is to get rid of naggy old human rights because women don't count as human anyway.
(4) "Jack was interesting though: we did introduce women into the story more than is generally the case with this fairytale: we have quite a lot of incidental characters who are female and voiced by girls, rather than just the traditional naggy mum and housekeeper."
(5) "Mrs Lessing leaves one with the really terrible impression of a woman - shrewish, naggy, self-righteous and impossible to live with."
Raggy
Definition:
(a.) Ragged; rough.
Example Sentences:
(1) While the Sala news was significant, it was overshadowed by the implosion of Raggi’s administration, in part because she holds the office with the highest profile in her party.
(2) The arrest on Friday of Raffaele Marra, who has been nicknamed Raggi’s “Rasputin” and is reportedly under investigation in connection to real-estate deals dating back to 2013, comes just days after the resignation of another city councillor under scrutiny for corruption, and the revelation that police have seized documents from city hall as part of their investigation into the mayor’s hiring practices.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Virginia Raggi, Five Star’s mayor in Rome.
(4) At a glitzy opening for the biggest building to be built in Rome in decades – a €363m (£307m) colossus in the EUR neighbourhood that took almost 20 years to build – Raggi took to the stage to express her disapproval for the work as a symbol of waste and extravagance.
(5) Shortly after her mayoral election in Rome in June , M5S’s Virginia Raggi effectively killed the city’s bid, saying it would be too costly.
(6) Raggi had defended her controversial appointment of Muraro for months, saying questions about Muraro’s previous work were merely political smears intended to weaken her.
(7) The momentum M5S gained from that win could be diminished by the chaos that has engulfed Raggi’s administration in Rome, prompting questions about the party’s ability to govern even as it is pushing for Italy’s president to call early elections.
(8) Raggi’s decision to bring Marra into her administration has been a source of controversy for months.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Beppe Grillo with Rome’s mayor Virginia Raggi during a ‘No’ march.
(10) The highest glycemic index values were shown by starchy tubers, Raggi and fleshy fruits, while relatively lower values were obtained for pulses and rice; whole wheat showed the smallest glycemic index.
(11) With her reddish hair in a raggy bob, her Clara Bow lips and saucer-sized green-grey eyes, she has the look of a silent movie star.
(12) While she promised to – literally and figuratively – clean up the city, Raggi’s tenure so far has prompted complaints that Rome is just as dirty as ever, and with even less reliable public transportation.
(13) Italy’s Five Star Movement (M5S) has been dealt a significant blow following the arrest of a top aide to the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, an anti-corruption crusader who was swept into power this year on the promise that she would clean up the city.
(14) The impact of Marra’s arrest was made worse by the fact that Raggi suffered another defeat just days ago, when Paola Muraro, who was supposed to head the city’s rubbish collection, resigned after she was notified that she was under investigation for earlier work she did as a consultant for Rome’s rubbish collection company.
(15) Since June, its newest star, Virginia Raggi, has endured a rocky few months after being elected mayor of Rome .