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Definition of Distressingly
1. Adverb. Unpleasantly. "His ignorance was painfully obvious"
Definition of Distressingly
1. Adverb. In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distressingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distressingly
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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