Distressingly
Ruefully and distressingly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruefully" instead an adverb "Distressingly".
Ruefully
Ruefully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: ruefully accepted the fact that the drunk driver would never adequately pay for his crime
Distressingly and ruefully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distressingly" instead an adverb "Ruefully".
Nearby Words: rueful, ruefulness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and distressingly
- hard and ruefully
- hardly and distressingly
- hardly and ruefully
- harshly and distressingly
- harshly and ruefully
- severely and distressingly
- severely and ruefully
- agonizingly and distressingly
- agonizingly and ruefully
- acutely and distressingly
- acutely and ruefully
- bitterly and distressingly
- bitterly and ruefully
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