Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: distressingly
IPA transcription: [dɪstɹ'ɛsɪŋli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: painfully, distressingly
    Meaning: unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious"
Usage examples
  • Then, of course, he wished to know what I was looking at, and I told him that a blue grosbeak had just flown into that pine-tree, and that I was most distressingly anxious to see more of him.