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[ adverb ] in a disturbing or embarrassing manner
Examples "he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Again , I at_first misconstrued this disconcertingly intense communication , and I quickly cast through my mind to account_for her being able to speak , with such utter conviction , of an opinion held by my father , now several years deceased . Related terms |
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