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upsetly

upsetly adverb: in an upset manner.

Adverb

upsetly (comparative more upsetly, superlative most upsetly)

  1. (rare) In an upset manner.
    • Tired and sad looking at our house. I went inside upsetly. Sarah was upset too.1982 July 15, Nathanael Hughes, Brazil 1982 […] (diary); quoted in Nancy Scheper-Hughes, “A Children’s Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term: Managing Culture-Shocked Children in the Field”, in Joan...
    • It often happens, that callers in such an "invisible queue" upsetly hang up before the conversation is accepted by an agent and possibly change to a competitor.2003 April 30, Claudia Prokisch, “Automatic Call Distribution – ACD”, in Optimizing of a Call Center for Computer Users, Munich: GRIN Verlag, →ISBN, chapter 2 (Call Center Specifics in General)...

Forms of upsetly

comparativemore upsetly
superlativemost upsetly

Origin of upsetly

From upset + -ly.

Questions about upsetly

What does upsetly mean?
Upsetly means in an upset manner.
What part of speech is upsetly?
Upsetly is an adverb.

Words near upsetly in the dictionary

  1. upset the apple cart
  2. upset the applecart
  3. upset the natives
  4. upset the pot
  5. upsetedness
  6. upsetly
  7. upsetment
  8. upsetments
  9. upsetness
  10. upsets
  11. upsets the apple cart

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