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As West moved on, I watched as multiple people glanced disconcertedly at their neighbors.

From New York Times • May 4, 2021

They looked at each other disconcertedly, feeling for the first time in their lives that they were practically strangers.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

"Then, by God, I'll refuse for her—" He paused disconcertedly in his wrath.

From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Cullum, Ridgwell

“I s’pose not,” said the young man very disconcertedly.

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville

Lyndon laughed as usual; but somewhat disconcertedly: indeed I had clearly the best of him in the argument, and had just as much right to hunt my fortune as he had.

From Barry Lyndon by Thackeray, William Makepeace