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disturbingly

disturbingly adverb: in a disturbing manner.

Adverb

disturbingly (comparative more disturbingly, superlative most disturbingly)

  1. 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

comparativemore disturbingly
superlativemost 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

  1. disturbeth
  2. disturbful
  3. disturbin'
  4. disturbing
  5. disturbing the peace
  6. disturbingly
  7. disturbingness
  8. disturbs
  9. disturbs the peace
  10. disturn
  11. disturned

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