upsettinglyadv.
/ˌʌpˈsɛtɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌəpˈsɛdɪŋli/ In an upsetting manner; distressingly.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adverb] > in upsetting or perturbing manner
uncomfortably1548
disquietly?1608
disturbantlya1617
discomposingly1704
agitatingly1808
disconcertingly1833
disturbingly1880
disquietingly1901
upsettingly1926
1926 ‘L. Malet’ Dogs of Want vi. 155 Barbara Heritage's graceful silhouette had, somehow, become interchangeable with that of the Margate peroxide blonde of ten years back. Most upsettingly, but, also, most unjustifiably so.
1981 Washington Post 26 Apr. h9/1 To traditionalists it is upsettingly disheveled chaos.
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adv.1926- quick raised
- quick reference
- quick relief
- quick return
- quick saver
- quick shot
- quick slow on the draw
- quick slow, etc) on at the uptake
- quick slow, etc) on in the uptake
- quick slow, etc) on the uptake
- quick smart
- quick succession
- quick time
- quick to the draw
- quick tree
- quick trick
- quick with child
- quick worker
- quick, high, or great sheer
- quick-acting
- quick-action
- quick-and-dirty
- quick-answered
- quick-aucht
- quick-born