distastefully
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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
I spent all the energy I had on this kind of thing convincing viewers to accept the complex and distastefully conceited Pfefferman children on “Transparent.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2018
The first consideration regards the odds of your brother behaving distastefully while discharging his duties.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2014
Sorrel sat, gazing curiously, distastefully at the spy.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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