Distressfully
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Distressfully is an adverb meaning In a distressful way; showing distress.
Meaning
In a distressful way; showing distress.
Example Sentences
"I know it is," she sighed, distressfully re-reading it.
Oh, I don't understand you at all," Lydia said distressfully.
"Perhaps an hour and a half passed, quietly, except when, once in a way, the dogs would whine distressfully.
[4] And while such an one is ploughing distressfully up the road, it is not hard to understand his resentment, when he perceives cool persons in the meadows by the wayside, lying with a handkerchief over their ears and a glass at their elbow.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include distressingly, distressedly, distraughtly, despairingly, despairfully, stressfully.
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