unsettlingly

adverb

as in disturbingly

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Recent Examples of unsettlingly And the book bearing his name is no ancient tome but a slim, spare novel set in an unsettlingly familiar landscape. — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026 The Marriage Bed by Tommy Hays After a heated argument with his wife Betsy, Asheville, North Carolina, poetry professor Asa Flowers spends his first night apart from her in decades, only to wake to a world quietly and unsettlingly changed. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 Griffin’s blue eyes are unsettlingly bright. — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026 Patient arthouse viewers, however, will find much to chew on here as a subtly cerebral film about small bodies unsettlingly, hilariously navigating a big, violent world. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 25 May 2026 On the season premiere of It Happened in Hollywood, director Lynne Littman and star Jane Alexander, nominated for an Oscar for her performance, revisit the film’s enduring impact, offering a deeply personal look at a project that still feels unsettlingly urgent. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026 Disappearances are still unsettlingly high. — Angélica Durán-Martínez, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2026 Otherwise, the streets are unsettlingly quiet. — Vivian Song, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026 In these 2-foot-square pictures, long-haired nude female figures in close Edenic companionship with wild beasts poke their heads out from behind lush tropical foliage, and stare, unsettlingly, straight outward. — Benjamin Lima, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsettlingly
  1. disturbingly
  2. alarmingly
  3. distressingly
  4. disgustingly
  5. irritatingly
  6. annoyingly
  7. awfully
  8. traumatically
Adverb
  • The show ran for three seasons starting in 2012, airing on NBC despite being one of the most disturbingly violent television series ever at that point, particularly in Hannibal’s display of his victims.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Antonelli’s main title rival this season, George Russell, was down in fifth after another disturbingly familiar race for him, too.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of disturbingly
Adverb
  • After the high of winning the Premier League title in Slot’s first year in charge, standards slipped alarmingly last term.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Rivers are running alarmingly low — with 78% below normal levels.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of alarmingly
Adverb
  • The movie’s strongest sequences provide the all-too-rare sensation of truly not being able to believe your eyes, as the film’s most fantastical elements feel distressingly real.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • The event was halted after an hour due to fears about her safety, which distressingly encapsulates a tension that the trans Mayan artist has navigated for years.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of distressingly
Adverb
  • High-level players will basically always be in a drift—even during straightaways—to seize every opportunity to boost, just like people who were disgustingly good at Mario Kart DS back in the day.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The next morning, Park awakes hung over before disgustingly scoffing down a handful of salmon off a caterer's serving tray.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of disgustingly
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  • Such politicians viewed literature as subversive, irritatingly highbrow, and—like socialism—suspiciously European.
    — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Aaron, with divine intervention, turns the dust of the land into gnats that irritatingly cover humans and animals throughout Egypt.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of irritatingly
Adverb
  • The spike in oil prices has reignited inflation concerns and punished the average consumer via soaring gasoline prices at the pump and annoyingly high airfares.
    — Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Not a massive issue, by any means, but annoyingly repetitive.
    — Joe Salas June 28, New Atlas, 28 June 2026
Definition of annoyingly
Adverb
  • Vega Ioane, iOL, Baltimore Ravens I came awfully close to slotting Ioane ahead of Mauigoa in my prospect stack last spring, so this still feels like a steal — and another great fit.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The salade de homard has skimpy pieces of lobster tossed on greens with some green beans, and the steak filet is awfully small, though perfectly cooked.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of awfully
Adverb
  • Hopefully just not as traumatically — although Holly’s already had a slightly traumatic childhood.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of traumatically

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