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Webster 1913 Edition
Trying
Try′ing
,Adj.
Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive;
as, a
. trying
occasion or positionWebster 1828 Edition
Trying
TRY'ING
,ppr.
1.
Examining by searching or comparison with a test; proving; using; straining, &c.2.
a. Adapted to try, or put to severe trial.Definition 2024
trying
trying
English
Adjective
trying (comparative more trying, superlative most trying)
- Difficult to endure; arduous.
- 1891, Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity
- "Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?"
- 1891, Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity
- Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
Translations
Difficult to endure; arduous
irritating, stressful or bothersome
Verb
trying
- present participle of try
Noun
trying (plural tryings)
- (philosophy) The act by which one tries something; an attempt.
- 2006, Andrew Sneddon, Action and Responsibility (page 145)
- In a variety of places, O'Shaughnessy argues that there is an internal relation between trying and the events that tryings produce. For example, he argues that tryings are not independently specifiable except as would-be causes of physical events.
- 2006, Andrew Sneddon, Action and Responsibility (page 145)