distastefully
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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“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
But the outcome was as distastefully familiar for the Bruins as it has been the past few weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2016
Santos needs to be portrayed more distastefully, if still charismatically, for the audience to understand that the writers of the show—the series’ higher intelligence—grok the complications of the situation.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2016
She looked distastefully at the heap of small change on the table in front of her.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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