upsetly

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adverb

In an upset manner.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adverbupsetly (comparative more upsetly, superlative most upsetly)

comparative more upsetly · superlative most upsetly

  1. rareIn an upset manner.

    ”Damn,” the Prince said, not too upsetly.

    2012 August, Ron Jockman [pseudonym; Justin Lucas; Mitchell Lucas], “Galactar Trial: Speed”, in John Rockman and the Trials of Galactar (The Rockman Chronicles; 1), published 24 July 2014, →ISBN, page 200
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    Tired and sad looking at our house. I went inside upsetly. Sarah was upset too.

    1982 July 15, Nathanael Hughes, Brazil 1982 […] (diary); quoted in Nancy Scheper-Hughes, “A Children’s Diary in the Strict Sense of the Term: Managing Culture-Shocked Children in the Field”, in Joan Cassell, editor, Children in the Field: Anthropological Experiences, Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, 1987, →ISBN, page 226

    It often happens, that callers in such an "invisible queue" upsetly hang up before the conversation is accepted by an agent and possibly change to a competitor.

    2003 April 30, Claudia Prokisch, “Automatic Call Distribution – ACD”, in Optimizing of a Call Center for Computer Users, Munich: GRIN Verlag, →ISBN, chapter 2 (Call Center Specifics in General), section 2 (The Call Center Technology), page 5

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