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Definition of Distressfully
1. Adverb. With distress. "`Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully"
Definition of Distressfully
1. Adverb. In a distressful way; showing distress ¹
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Definition of Distressfully
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distressfully
Literary usage of Distressfully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary World by Samuel R. Crocker, Edward Abbott, Nicholas Paine Gilman, Madeline Vaughan Abbott Bushnell, Bliss Carman, Herbert Copeland (1881)
"... distressfully. For when great winds are gathering, forevermore The inarticulate
waves make hoarse reply, Dry shrieks are heard in the mountains, ..."
2. The Fall of Abd-Ul-Hamid by Francis McCullagh (1910)
"distressfully they howled all night long in a blood-curdling, ... distressfully they
howled, for if all of them did not see the northerners, all smelt them ..."
3. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (1920)
"But he persisted in his demand, and at last, to get rid of him, she did put up
her lips as directed for producing a clear note; laughing distressfully, ..."
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