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alarmingly

adverb as in dangerously

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This chiaroscuro portrait, intended only to sell underwear, comes alarmingly close to capturing the man.

Sexual assault is alarmingly common in the U.S. military, and more than half of the victims are men.

And today, alarmingly, only 27 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Muslim Americans.

Out there, we are so far from artificial lights that the sky is almost alarmingly filled with stars after dark.

Alarmingly, Pippa told Lauer that ‘the plan’ was to continue her writing career.

My wife is very much better, having been the early part of this year alarmingly ill.

In fact, to her father's eyes she was somewhat alarmingly bright and fair.

I had to calculate carefully how much these people could take without realizing there was something alarmingly different about me.

His only brother, Francis, whose delicate health had always been a cause of much anxiety, became alarmingly ill.

Since the migration of our people in such great numbers, the church facilities are alarmingly inadequate.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to alarmingly, such as: critically, desperately, perilously, precariously, recklessly, and seriously.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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