disturbingly
disturbingly adverb: in a disturbing manner.
Adverb
disturbingly (comparative more disturbingly, superlative most disturbingly)
- In a disturbing manner.
- But this morning was different. Disturbingly, because mysteriously, different. No wheels rumbled, no busses roared, no sound of a car of any kind, in fact, was to be heard; no brakes, no horns, not even the clopping of the few rare horses that still occasionally passed; nor, as there should be at...1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 9
- “RIP Harambe” turned into a meme that took a disturbingly long time to go away.2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN
Forms of disturbingly
| comparative | more disturbingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disturbingly |
Origin of disturbingly
From disturbing + -ly.
Questions about disturbingly
- What does disturbingly mean?
- Disturbingly means in a disturbing manner.
- What part of speech is disturbingly?
- Disturbingly is an adverb.
Words near disturbingly in the dictionary
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