Harry
annoy continually or chronically
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,150 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 16,072 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- annoy continually or chronically also: harass, hassle, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy He is known to harry his staff when he is overworkedThis man harasses his female co-workers
- make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes also: ravage
Harry in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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You know yourself, Harry, how independent I am by nature.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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You were a more uncertain quantity than Ted and Harry.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Harry Johnston, an American, was as dark and sallow as a Spaniard.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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Such scurvy doom could the chances deal To Top-Gallant Harry and Jack Genteel?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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I think I should have spotted you, even if Harry had not told me you were in his form.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1