distressingly

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13

Definition of distressingly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.
    “It shook the girl distressingly, but she made no sign; only she took one swift look at Andrew, and noted that he had suddenly changed from a boy into a man, with a brave, grave face.”
    “All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.[…]Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.”

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Etymology

From distressing + -ly.

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