disquietinglyadv.
/dɪsˈkwʌɪətɪŋli/, U.S. /dɪsˈkwaɪədɪŋli/, /dəˈskwaɪədɪŋli/ In a disquieting manner; also used to introduce a statement of a fact considered disquieting.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adverb] > in upsetting or perturbing manner
uncomfortably1548
disquietly?1608
disturbantlya1617
discomposingly1704
agitatingly1808
disconcertingly1833
disturbingly1880
disquietingly1901
upsettingly1926
1901 ‘L. Malet’ Hist. Richard Calmady iv. vii. 346 The creaking of a board, the rustle of a curtain,..were..disquietingly replete with possible meaning.
1922 Public Opinion 23 June 580/1 A tendency to change strangely and disquietingly.
1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) iv. xxvii. 398 In some industrial centres there is a disquietingly high percentage of registered unskilled workers between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five.
1970 Nature 28 Nov. 818/1 Disquietingly, no major known human teratogen..has been identified by prospective epidemiological analyses.
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adv.1901- to draw the teeth of
- to draw the teeth out of
- to draw the wool over a person's eyes
- to draw the wool over eyes
- to draw through the water with a cat
- to draw to a head
- to draw to death
- to draw to memory
- to draw to warrant
- to draw together
- to draw up
- to draw up an indictment
- to draw up level
- to draw up short
- to draw up the ladder after itself
- to draw up to
- to draw upon
- to draw valentines
- to draw water to one's mill
- to draw, take to warrant
- to dray in
- to dread
- to dream away
- to dream forth
- to dream out