discompose
verb (used with object)
to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle.
discomposingly
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a word derived from
discompose.
Example Sentences
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The old man, coming into the house a little haltingly that evening, stopped sharply as his granddaughter, with a discomposingly intent look, asked, "Tired to-night, grampa?"
From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien
