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[ UK /ɡˈædfla‍ɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈɡædˌfɫaɪ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a persistently annoying person
  2. any of various large flies that annoy livestock

How To Use gadfly In A Sentence

  • Considered good credit score has been munificently for as linearly as i can perceptivity, and uncarpeted to korea one of the goddamned oenothera in daubentoniidae, unco the imputable has been rallentando bonelike in spirited gadfly. Rational Review
  • He was a political gadfly, turning up at city council meetings and complaining about the waste of taxpayers' money.
  • But he admits he is curious: what has the liberal gadfly done to annoy so many conservatives like him?
  • Is it just this mean, naysaying gadfly or do others see most of that feel good municipal stuff as a substitute for the lack of ability to manage the fundamental and more important city business? Not pictured (Jack Bog's Blog)
  • The coleoptera are, without exception, devoid of stings; the diptera have the sting in front, as the fly, the horsefly, the gadfly, and the gnat. The History of Animals
  • While his documentaries are popular in the US and he makes the bestseller lists with his books, he is still sometimes seen by the press and public there as a fringe gadfly.
  • In part as a way to circumvent this ban, the two launched an organization that remained a gadfly in wildlife conservation circles for the next three decades.
  • He lives in Maine now, and remains a journalistic gadfly.
  • Where are the shows about gadfly millionaires who rattle about in drafty mansions, and the mundane decisions we must make ev'ry day?
  • The Alaskan resident – now being referred to as a gadfly – criticized where she felt it was due and gave credit where it appeared there should be some. Anne Kilkenny…e-mail offensive to Palin? Zimbio leaked it… « Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture
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