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Distressfully

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Adverb

1. distressfully

with distress

Example Sentences:
'Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Distressfully

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to cause mental pain to; upset badly
2. (usually passive)
to subject to financial or other trouble
3. 
to damage (esp furniture), as by scratching or denting it, in order to make it appear older than it is
4. law a less common word for distrain
5. archaic
to compel
noun
6. 
mental pain; anguish
7. 
the act of distressing or the state of being distressed
8. 
physical or financial trouble
9.  in distress
10. law
a. 
the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of or in satisfaction of a debt, claim, etc; distraint
b. 
the property thus seized
c. US
(as modifier)
distress merchandise

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Distressfully

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verb transitive
1. 
to cause sorrow, misery, or suffering to; pain
2. 
to cause discomfort to; trouble
3. 
to exhaust or weaken with strain of any sort
4.  Archaic
to constrain (to do something)
5.  Law
to distrain
noun
6. 
the state of being distressed; pain, suffering, discomfort, etc.
7. 
anything that distresses; affliction
8. 
a state of danger or trouble; bad straits
9.  Law
a. 
distraint
b. 
the property distrained

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Distressfully

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adj.
Causing or experiencing distress.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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