He arrived at an inconveniently late hour. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : The phone is in an inconvenient place. ,an inconvenient time for a visit. ,The house has an inconvenient floor plan. From Dictionary.com.
Most inconveniently it cut across the line they had chosen. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
Truly the start, so inconveniently early, is repaid in part. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
   "Mendanbar, your sword is very inconveniently designed.". From Wordnik.com. [calling on dragons]
In addition the mail bags were crammed inconveniently under the seats. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Tour in South Africa] Reference
The form may be an inconveniently long one, and this naturally hampers. From Wordnik.com. [The Boer in Peace and War] Reference
Wigwam Hill, could ever have found it more inconveniently abundant than now. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
They might include, inconveniently, a fair number of the Democrats 'top donors. From Wordnik.com. [Lights Out: Enron's Failed Power Play] Reference
I had walked out to see it on a hot afternoon, and I found it inconveniently far. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
The old gentleman jumped off the hob, as if it had suddenly become inconveniently warm. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
Hospital No. 2, in which I lay, was inconveniently crowded with severely wounded officers. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
Sherrod certainly was a candidate for the Horton role, until reality inconveniently intervened. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Green: FOX's Six Tricks: How to Spot the Next Sherrod] Reference
His lordship placed her conveniently next to himself and inconveniently opposite Mr. Trevelyan. From Wordnik.com. [The English Witch]
Some organs (like the heart, which is always at work) would become inconveniently or unnecessarily large. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
She would very likely have succeeded in, if not preventing my going, at least delaying me inconveniently. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
The inconveniently small size of the doorways of the modern pueblos is only a survival of ancient conditions. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228] Reference
The hall was seated to accommodate 2000 persons, and was entirely filled, although not inconveniently crowded. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
Above all things, we have to respect the freedom of these others, about whom we are so inconveniently anxious. From Wordnik.com. [Study of Child Life] Reference
I have not as yet prescribed it for any of my own patients, but, if I find my practice inconveniently extended. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 12, 1890] Reference
It was a campaign year, and the report was received, inconveniently, just weeks before the New Hampshire primary. From Wordnik.com. [The Saddam Files (II): Sickening Cynicism] Reference
Sherston's imagination was inconveniently vivid, and for a few poignant weeks his wife's horrible end haunted him. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
"It's your miserably selfish treatment of young Gregoriev and his work that's brought me up here so inconveniently.". From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
We were thus very inconveniently crowded until we arrived at Aden, where several of the passengers left us for Bombay. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
Henry, still diplomatically suave, was less than ever prepared to accept conditions which would fetter him inconveniently. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
That very day it seemed as if duty inconveniently stepped in to break up a conversation that was deeply interesting to her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Oh, no! It was no accident that brought this creature around so inconveniently; she was trying to prevent him from passing. From Wordnik.com. [Centaur Aisle]
As a rule, the married couple live with the parents of one or the other, at least until the family inconveniently increases. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
There is at least one moment in every religious person's life where commitment to faith collides, inconveniently, with desire. From Wordnik.com. [Beliefwatch: Surf's Up!] Reference
Rounds of cheering marked progress of narrative, concluding passages inconveniently rendered inaudible by tumultuous applause. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914] Reference
It was too late to attempt navigation for this year, although the weather in August was "inconveniently warm," so on 5th September. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
The streets are irregular; the houses dark; one room in almost every house is very large, and all the others most inconveniently small. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
Isthmus in those days will remember that boats on the Chagres River were propelled by natives not inconveniently burdened with clothing. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The children went to live with their great-grandmother, who found them "inconveniently young," while Thackeray remained alone in London. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
The red-coats, according to their number, have been palpable and definite, though a great many other things have been inconveniently vague. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
Gentlemen give the left arm to a lady, excepting military officers in full dress, who give the right arm, as the sword is inconveniently worn for offering the left. From Wordnik.com. [Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life.] Reference
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