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distressfully
adverb as in sorely
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adverb as in uncomfortably
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Her heart throbbed distressfully; at the stir of wind-breath or any distant note of clamour she stopped, and held her breathing.
My head ached distressfully over the puzzle, but I could make nothing of it.
Dane fancied the boys were doing their utmost, but the progress they made appeared distressfully slow.
She let it stay, yet looked away from him, up through the darkling branches, and distressfully shook her head.
As she regarded his face, covered with a moist blueness, she thought distressfully that he was near to death.
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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to distressfully, such as: acutely, badly, greatly, sadly, severely, and woefully.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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