心憎い

こころにくい【心憎い】

¶そんな時も彼は～ほど落ち着き払っていた

He was astonishingly ［admirably］ calm in the situation.

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こころにくい【心憎い】

〔(憎らしいほどに)見事な〕 excellent; admirable; striking; perfect; enviable 《skill, ease》; irritating 《skill, perfection》; infuriating 《excellence》.

●心憎いばかりに irresistibly; remarkably well; with flawless perfection; strikingly; enviably; irritatingly; infuriatingly

・心憎いほど上手だ be enviably [admirably, infuriatingly, irritatingly] good 《at…》

・心憎いほどうまいことを言う. He says admirable things [makes wonderful remarks]. | He speaks infuriatingly well.

●あの若さでこういうことをあっさりやってのけるとは心憎いではありませんか. Isn't it infuriating how easily he does it [brings it off], young as he is.

・そのパーティーは心憎いまでの演出がなされていた. The party was managed with consummate skill [absolute perfection]. | The party was infuriatingly perfect.