Distressingly
Sorrowfully and distressingly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sorrowfully" instead an adverb "Distressingly".
Sorrowfully
Sorrowfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: in a sorrowfully worded statement she announced that she was dropping out of the race for governor
Distressingly and sorrowfully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distressingly" instead an adverb "Sorrowfully".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hard and distressingly
- hard and sorrowfully
- badly and distressingly
- badly and sorrowfully
- hardly and distressingly
- hardly and sorrowfully
- thoroughly and distressingly
- thoroughly and sorrowfully
- severely and distressingly
- severely and sorrowfully
- agonizingly and distressingly
- agonizingly and sorrowfully
- acutely and distressingly
- acutely and sorrowfully
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