distressingly

suomi-englanti sanakirja

distressingly englannista suomeksi

  1. ahdistavan

distressingly englanniksi

  1. In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.

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  3. (RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion—or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation—such talk had been distressingly out of place.