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worryingly

  • a word derived from worry.

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“Job losses are also starting to become worryingly widespread as business confidence in any swift turnaround in the adverse economic climate fades further,” said Williamson.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

This demonstrates the alternatives to Kane - aged 32 but still in magnificent form for Bayern Munich - are worryingly thin for Tuchel and England.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

They’ll first need to look past a worryingly high level of market volatility, nearly all of it linked to Iran war headlines and the Persian Gulf region.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

U.S. stocks plunged on Friday after the PPI data pointed to worryingly persistent inflation.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

One of the tortoises was really sneezing quite worryingly.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke