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distressingly

One entry found.

Main Entry:
2distress
Function:
transitive verb
Date:
14th century
1: to subject to great strain or difficulties <homes distressed by poverty>2archaic : to force or overcome by inflicting pain3: to cause to worry or be troubled : upset <don't let the news distress you>4: to mar (as clothing or wood) deliberately to give an effect of age <a distressed table>
dis·tress·ing·ly 
          Listen to the pronunciation of distressingly \-ˈstre-siŋ-lē\ adverb


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