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单词 distressingly
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distressinglyadv.

Etymology: < distressing adj. + -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈstressingly.
In a distressing manner; distressfully, painfully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner
noyfully1395
annoyously?c1400
noyously1483
troublously1538
uncommodiously1545
wretchedly1546
irksomely1549
incommodiously1551
troublesomely1591
vexingly1599
cumbersomely1611
vexatiously1642
discomfortably1653
importunely1658
gratingly1683
mortifyingly1748
distressingly1786
gallingly1802
annoyingly1806
peskily1833
pesky1833
tryingly1841
discomfortingly1869
balls-achingly1972
1786 Miss Clayton in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. III. 411 It was serious, but not distressingly so.
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xx. 408 Our progress up was distressingly slow.
1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours vii. 170 Prolonged and bitter frosts, contrasting so distressingly with the imagined geniality of his summer weather.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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