distastefully
Americanadverb
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“They ought to get down on their knees and thank them,” Moore said, distastefully.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
“Come From Away” is propelled by a mood of perpetual uplift, saved from bloating into something distastefully maudlin by real acknowledgment of the devastation that precipitated this moment of human triumph.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
The first consideration regards the odds of your brother behaving distastefully while discharging his duties.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2014
Would the Eagles be such a compelling story if anyone other than the dynamically gifted and distastefully flawed were lighting their fire?
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2010
“They want to cook you and eat you,” she said distastefully, “which is ridiculous. You’d taste terrible.”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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