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Definition of Distastefully
1. Adverb. In an offensively distasteful manner. "A distastefully explicit report on the Royal couple's marital life"
2. Adverb. In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree. "The beggar was disgustingly filthy"
Partainyms: Disgusting, Distasteful, Revolting, Sickening
Definition of Distastefully
1. Adverb. In a distasteful manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distastefully
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distastefully
Literary usage of Distastefully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jehovah Himself Has Become Kingby Robert King by Robert King (2005)
"... with erstwhile rivals or even enemies and distastefully work together"
Watchtower- March 15th, 1967 It is true: Politics does make strange bedfellows. ..."
2. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by Herbert George Wells (1897)
"They are — charity boots," said Mr. Thomas Marvel, with his head on one side
regarding them distastefully; " and which is the ugliest pair in the whole ..."
3. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy (1895)
"Perhaps it was wrong of me to argue distastefully as I have done! Perhaps, as we
couldn't conscientiously marry at first in the old-fashioned way, ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
""To the devil with you and your water!" said the burly man distastefully.
"A draught of the precious water" said the water-seller ..."
5. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"Her previous description of him, as a 'gentlemanly official' in his appearance,
conjured him up most distastefully. True, she might have made a more ..."
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