Antonyms for distressingly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : dih-stres

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstrɛs

Definition of distressingly

Origin : late 13c., "circumstance that causes anxiety or hardship," from Old French destresse, from Vulgar Latin *districtia "restraint, affliction, narrowness, distress," from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere "draw apart, hinder," also, in Medieval Latin "compel, coerce," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + stringere "draw tight, press together" (see strain (v.)). Meaning "anguish, suffering; grief" is from c.1300.

As in seriously : adv dangerously, critically
As in deeply : adv completely, intensely
As in hard : adv with difficulty

Example sentences :

In our experience hard cider is distressingly like drinking vinegar.
Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

Consuelo was determined, indignant, distressingly reproachful!
Extract from : « Short Stories of Various Types » by Various

The future is not such a distressingly unknown quantity as it was then.
Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston

So far the results have been distressingly uniform and hopelessly negative.
Extract from : « Preventable Diseases » by Woods Hutchinson

Excellent people, no doubt, but distressingly shortsighted in some matters.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

He did not laugh; the absurdity was so distressingly unnatural.
Extract from : « Day and Night Stories » by Algernon Blackwood

And the days that now remained for that were distressingly few.
Extract from : « Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball » by J. W. Duffield

Julia was distressingly pretty; there was no disguising the fact.
Extract from : « The Open Question » by Elizabeth Robins

What should he do, in these distressingly painful circumstances?
Extract from : « Cupid in Africa » by P. C. Wren

Nervous diseases are distressingly prevalent; still we hurry!
Extract from : « The Ways of Men » by Eliot Gregory

Synonyms for distressingly

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