disagreeably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In “Watchmen,” Dr. Manhattan, the Princeton physicist transformed by a nuclear accident into a rather disagreeably literalist, bright-blue superhuman, perceives all points in time as simultaneous, with awkward consequences for his love life.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 8, 2016
“Mosul or Turkey. That’s it,” he snaps disagreeably.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2016
He agitated the mixture with a mortar hoe, mumbling disagreeably as he worked.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2012
I discovered this right after completing the simple set-up: A weak network connection makes the player freeze and behave disagreeably, inducing frustration.
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 18, 2010
From time to time I peered into the crack but couldn’t gauge anything of its depth for the swirling smoke, which proved to be disagreeably acrid and sulphurous when the breeze pushed it over me.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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