Distressingly
Plaintively and distressingly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Distressingly".
Plaintively
Plaintively adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: the man sighed plaintively as it became clear that he was getting nowhere with the officious bureacrat
Distressingly and plaintively are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distressingly" instead an adverb "Plaintively".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and distressingly
- hard and plaintively
- hardly and distressingly
- hardly and plaintively
- harshly and distressingly
- harshly and plaintively
- severely and distressingly
- severely and plaintively
- agonizingly and distressingly
- agonizingly and plaintively
- acutely and distressingly
- acutely and plaintively
- bitterly and distressingly
- bitterly and plaintively
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