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

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 Morris, Clara

But the thought of George, of how this must hit him, haunted her distressfully.

From The Stronger Influence by Young, F.E. Mills