distressingly
distressingly adverb: in a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.
Adverb
distressingly (comparative more distressingly, superlative most distressingly)
- In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.
- 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.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 203
- 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...1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
distressingly meaning in Tamil
Forms of distressingly
| comparative | more distressingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most distressingly |
Origin of distressingly
From distressing + -ly.
Questions about distressingly
- What does distressingly mean?
- Distressingly means in a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.
- What is distressingly in Tamil?
- Distressingly in Tamil is தண்ண. See Distressingly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is distressingly?
- Distressingly is an adverb.
Words near distressingly in the dictionary
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