Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distressingly

/dɪstɹˈɛsɪŋli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tress-ing-ly
IPA: /dɪstɹˈɛsɪŋli/

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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 distressingly out of place."

Etymology

Etymology tree English distressing Middle English -ly English -ly English distressingly From distressing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more distressingly (comparative) most distressingly (superlative)

Synonyms

painfully

Rhymes With

depressingly

Questions

How do you pronounce distressingly?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪstɹˈɛsɪŋli/.
What does distressingly mean?: In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.
Where does distressingly come from?: Etymology tree English distressing Middle English -ly English -ly English distressingly From distressing + -ly.

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