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Adverbial distressingly has 1 sense

• distressingly(r = adv.all) painfully - unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious"

THESAURUS

distressingly

abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, confoundedly, cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, deplorably, deucedly, distressfully, dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, excessively, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extravagantly, flagrantly, frightfully, grievously, harrowingly, heartbreakingly, hellishly, horribly, improperly, inexcusably, infernally, inordinately, intolerably, lamentably, miserably, nakedly, openly, painfully, pathetically, piteously, pitiably, ruefully, sadly, shatteringly, shockingly, something awful, something fierce, sorely, staggeringly, terribly, torturously, unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably, woefully

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