distressfully

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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

Do you remember, my dear boy," Ulrich went on, with his eyes fixed distressfully on vacancy, "the day of your return, when we sat and drank together at the Prussian Crown?

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann

"Don't cry; don't cry, dear!" he said distressfully.

From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia

Just as the question came to Rose, Jamie's voice was heard in the hall crying distressfully, "Oh, come quick, quick!"

From Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill by Alcott, Louisa May