distress
noun
great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
distressfully
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a word derived from
distress.
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a word derived from
distressful.
Example Sentences
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The Senate Ladies' Luncheon Club was distressfully snarled on the election of a president to succeed Mrs. Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus after six distressfully disputatious days at Scranton.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sybil!" moaned Mrs. Lawton, distressfully, "I don't wish to rebuke you at the very moment of leave-taking, but, my very dear child, you must really check your tendency toward reckless speech.
From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Clara Morris
He became distressfully aware of his wife's silence, simultaneously ascertained the cause of it, and cut his speech short in full stride.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
Gen. Wise, who has been here a few days on sick furlough, has returned to his command, still coughing distressfully, and distressed at the prospect.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
