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worryingly

worryingly adverb: in a worrying manner.

Adverb

worryingly (comparative more worryingly, superlative most worryingly)

  1. In a worrying manner
    • […] I have always found it hard that Hamlet, a character that I love and admire, is guilty of a puerile misogyny and, perhaps, more worryingly, of the unnecessary deaths of his old friends from university, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.2014 April 12, Simon Russell Beale, “Why Shakespeare always says something new: As the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth approaches, the great Shakespearean actor Simon Russell Beale explains...

Forms of worryingly

comparativemore worryingly
superlativemost worryingly

Origin of worryingly

From worrying + -ly.

Questions about worryingly

What does worryingly mean?
Worryingly means in a worrying manner.
What part of speech is worryingly?
Worryingly is an adverb.

Words near worryingly in the dictionary

  1. worrying
  2. worrying along
  3. worrying back
  4. worrying down
  5. worrying someone sick
  6. worryingly
  7. worryings
  8. worryless
  9. worrylessness
  10. worrylines
  11. worryment

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