Meanings
adverbdisconcertingly (comparative more disconcertingly, superlative most disconcertingly)
comparative more disconcertingly · superlative most disconcertingly
- In a disconcerting manner; upsettingly.
At first, there’s something almost disconcertingly crude about the sasquatch skins.
2024 June 16, Wendy Ide, “Sasquatch Sunset review – brilliant bigfoot oddity is unexpectedly moving”, in The Guardian, →ISSN1 more example
As it turned out, the itinerary was disconcertingly illogical, involving criss-crossing America in anything but a straight line.
2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 71
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Translations
Catalan desconcertantment
- desconcertantmentin a disconcerting way
Swedish oroväckande, förbryllande
- oroväckandein a disconcerting way
- förbryllandein a disconcerting way
- förvirrandein a disconcerting way
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Chicago
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