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Definition of Disconcertingly
1. Adverb. In a disturbing or embarrassing manner. "He drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her"
Definition of Disconcertingly
1. Adverb. In a disconcerting manner; upsettingly. ¹
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Definition of Disconcertingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disconcertingly
Literary usage of Disconcertingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Rock-garden by Reginald John Farrer (1919)
"... was long the disconcertingly doubtful name of a species disconcertingly rare,
seen once or twice on the North coast of Crete, and then for many a season ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"... handling of affective experiences, for their release from the disconcertingly
detached and disenfranchised position which they now hold in psychology. ..."
3. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1907)
"An impression disconcertingly emphatic is the almost invariable insistence on money.
That a boy should eagerly desire a profession which will secure for him ..."
4. The Life of Reason; Or, The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana (1905)
"These were thought obscure only because they were so disconcertingly penetrating
and direct. The immediate is what nobody sees, because convention and ..."
5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"A dull brown conies disconcertingly between greens and blues. If it was necessary
to use this at all, it should surely have been employed for the lowest ..."
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