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distraughtly

distraughtly adverb: in a distraught manner.

Adverb

distraughtly (comparative more distraughtly, superlative most distraughtly)

  1. In a distraught manner.
    • Jack French looked distraughtly at the agenda notes.2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 330

Forms of distraughtly

comparativemore distraughtly
superlativemost distraughtly

Origin of distraughtly

From distraught + -ly.

Questions about distraughtly

What does distraughtly mean?
Distraughtly means in a distraught manner.
What part of speech is distraughtly?
Distraughtly is an adverb.

Words near distraughtly in the dictionary

  1. distranslating
  2. distranslation
  3. distranslations
  4. distraught
  5. distraughted
  6. distraughtly
  7. distraughtness
  8. distream
  9. distreamed
  10. distreaming
  11. distreams

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