Definition of Distressingly

1. Adverb. Unpleasantly. "His ignorance was painfully obvious"

Exact synonyms: Painfully
Partainyms: Distressing, Painful

Definition of Distressingly

1. Adverb. In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress ¹

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Definition of Distressingly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distressingly

distreamed
distreaming
distreams
distress
distress call
distress signal
distressed
distressedly
distressedness
distresses
distressful
distressfull
distressfully
distressfulness
distressing
distressingly
distrest
distribuend
distribuends
distributable
distributaries
distributary
distribute
distributed
distributed computing
distributed data processing
distributed effort
distributed fire
distributee
distributees

Literary usage of Distressingly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Court of the Tuileries from the Restoration to the Flight of Louis Philippe by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1897)
"To the Manner Horn. — The Grand Master's Programme. — A General Sensation. — Distressingly Hilarious. —• The General Harmony Menaced. — A Pretty Speech. ..."

2. Memoirs of the Life, Character, and Writings of Sir Matthew Hale by John Bickerton Williams (1835)
"His sufferings, oftentimes, were distressingly great. For more than a year before they ceased, he had been obliged, by a constant asthma, to sit, ..."

3. The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology by Winslow, Forbes (1859)
"... and that families are to be made distressingly aware that no privacy can be maintained unless the medical man be kept out of the house. ..."

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