distressfullyadv.
In a distressful manner; in sore distress; distressedly.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb]
wrothec950
heavilyc1000
sorrowlyOE
sorrilylOE
sorrowfullyc1225
dolefullyc1290
sadlya1375
teenfullya1375
wrothlyc1374
unwinlya1400
grievouslyc1400
unblithely1415
tristily?c1450
sad?a1475
sytefully1488
earnfully?1527
dolently1548
mournfully?1567
distressfully1593
passionately1604
tragicly1604
grievingly1623
distressedly1890
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 21v Distressefully am I diuided from thee.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Miserablement, miserably, wretchedly..distressefully.
1775 S. Johnson Let. 17 June (1992) II. 226 I am distressfully and frightfully deaf.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. xiii. 284 Laetitia distressfully scribbled a line..to deliver to him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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