Definition of Distastefully

1. Adverb. In an offensively distasteful manner. "A distastefully explicit report on the Royal couple's marital life"

Partainyms: Distasteful

2. Adverb. In a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree. "The beggar was disgustingly filthy"

Definition of Distastefully

1. Adverb. In a distasteful manner ¹

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Definition of Distastefully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distastefully

distannoxane
distannoxanes
distannyne
distant
distant flap
distantial
distantiate
distantly
distantness
distantnesses
distarch
distaste
distasted
distasteful
distastefull
distastefully (current term)
distastefulness
distastes
distasting
distasture
distastures
distaunce
distaunces
distaunt
distaves
distearyl
distelfink
distelfinks
distemper
distemper virus

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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