1702 C. Beaumont (new ed.) xix. vii. 282 How worrisomly cross and peevish were Thy feeble years.
1973 23 Apr. 22/1 Three simultaneous crises..that seemed worrisomely different from those of the past.
1981 G. McDonald xiii. 51 Charley is a worrisomely tight man... Anything out of the ordinary rattles him.