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distressingly

🇬🇧 UK/dɪs'prezɪŋli/🇺🇸 US
B1

Definitions

adv.

In a way that causes distress or upset.

令人苦恼地;悲惨地

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
disnot, apart, away
+
stressdraw tight, bind
+
ingcontinuous / action of
+
lyin the manner of
=distressingly

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