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worryingly

/ˈwɝiɪŋli/ adv

In a worrying manner

Word Origin 'Worry' originally meant 'to strangle' or 'to harass' — from Old English 'wyrgan', which is related to 'wring' (to twist). The idea: worry chokes you, it twists your insides. Over time, the meaning softened to 'mental distress'. The PIE root '*wer-' meant 'to turn, bend', so worry is something that turns and twists in your mind. 'Worryingly' adds the adverbial suffixes '-ing' and '-ly', so it describes an action done in a worrying manner, related to 'worried' and 'worrisome'.

adv In a worrying manner

The patient's condition is worryingly deteriorating.

(副词) 令人担忧地

病人的状况正在令人担忧地恶化。

(adverbio) De manera preocupante

El estado del paciente se está deteriorando de manera preocupante.

(adverbe) de manière inquiétante; inquiétamment [De manière inquiétante ; d'une façon qui suscite de l'inquiétude.]

L'état du patient se détériore de façon inquiétante.

(Adverb) besorgniserregend; beunruhigend [Auf eine Weise, die Besorgnis oder Beunruhigung auslöst; beunruhigend.]

Der Zustand des Patienten verschlechtert sich **worryingly**.

(副詞) 心配や不安を引き起こす様子で。

患者の状態はworryinglyに悪化している。

(advérbio) preocupantemente; de modo preocupante; de maneira preocupante [De maneira preocupante.]

A condição do paciente está se deteriorando de maneira preocupante.

Synonyms: alarmingly disturbingly concerningly troublingly disquietingly distressingly unsettlingly unnervingly Antonyms: reassuringly comfortingly calmingly soothingly
Word parts: worry + ing + ly

Common collocations

be verb more adv of prep high adj for prep

Related words

worried worrier worrisome unworried

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