Distressingly
Regretfully and distressingly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regretfully" instead an adverb "Distressingly".
Regretfully
Regretfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: I must regretfully inform you that you are not among those who have been accepted for our internship program
Distressingly and regretfully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distressingly" instead an adverb "Regretfully".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and distressingly
- hard and regretfully
- hardly and distressingly
- hardly and regretfully
- harshly and distressingly
- harshly and regretfully
- severely and distressingly
- severely and regretfully
- agonizingly and distressingly
- agonizingly and regretfully
- acutely and distressingly
- acutely and regretfully
- bitterly and distressingly
- bitterly and regretfully
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