Maddeningly is the adverb: it tells you that something is done, or something is true, in a way that makes people very annoyed.

MaddeninglyMaddeningly is the adverb是副詞: it tells you它告訴你 that something is done or something is true某件事被做了、或某件事是真的, in a way that makes people very annoyed用一種讓人非常生氣的方式.

You put it with an adjective or another adverb more often than on its own: maddeningly slow, maddeningly close, maddeningly calm (when you wanted them to hurry).

You put it with an adjective or another adverb你比較常把它搭配形容詞或另一個副詞用 more often than on its own而不是單獨用: maddeningly slowmaddeningly slow（氣人地慢）, maddeningly closemaddeningly close（氣人地接近）, maddeningly calmmaddeningly calm（氣人地冷靜） (when you wanted them to hurry)（當你希望他們快一點的時候）.

The picture is usually this: the thing is almost all right, or it is happening, but the way it happens wears you down. “Maddeningly close” means you nearly got there, and that near-miss is what stings.

The picture is usually this這個畫面通常是: the thing is almost all right事情差不多要成了, or it is happening或它正在發生, but the way it happens wears you down但發生的方式讓你很累. "Maddeningly close""Maddeningly close" means意思是 you nearly got there你差一點就達成了, and that near-miss is what stings而那個「差一點」就是刺痛的地方.

It does not mean “in a mad way” (wildly, crazily). It means “in a very annoying way.” It is a little formal or writerly; in speech people often say annoyingly or just so slowly it drove me mad.

It does not mean它不是指 "in a mad way"「瘋狂的方式」 (wildly, crazily)（狂野地、瘋狂地）. It means它的意思是 "in a very annoying way."「非常令人生氣的方式」. It is a little formal or writerly它有點正式或文學性, in speech在口語裡 people often say大家常說 annoyingly or just so slowly it drove me mad「annoyingly」或直接說「慢到讓我抓狂」.