Distressingly

Quick meaning: Distressingly is an adverb meaning In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.

Meaning

In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.

Example Sentences

It shook the girl distressingly, but she made no sign; only she took one swift look at Andrew, and noted that he had suddenly changed from a boy into a man, with a brave, grave face.

All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.[…]Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.

Synonyms for distressingly

Depending on context, synonyms include painfully.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include painfully, alarmingly, frighteningly, disturbingly, frustratingly, embarrassingly.

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