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Disagreeably

Disagreeably \Dis`a*gree"a*bly\, adv. In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

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disagreeably

adv. In a disagreeable manner

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disagreeably

adv. in a disagreeable manner; "`I took no harm from the journey, thank you,' she said disagreeably" [ant: pleasantly]

Usage examples of "disagreeably".

German, who was not a little mortified to find himself so disagreeably disturbed.

I hope, will be induced by my remonstrances to forget the unlucky accident, which hath so disagreeably interrupted your mutual friendship.

He was tall, thin, and wasted, with a slight stoop in the shoulders, a pale face, but somewhat blotchy, and disagreeably red about the eyelids, plain features, and a general appearance of languor and flatness, relieved by a sinister expression in the mouth and the dull, soulless eyes.

I did not desire the last day to wind up disagreeably, so I said nothing to either Carrie or Lupin about the letter.

CHAPTER TWO they travelled by the night boat from Harwich, and Harriet, whose longest sea trip had been between Penzance and the Scil lies, was disagreeably surprised to find the North Sea so spiteful.

The nation had reason to expect an immediate mitigation in the article of annual expense, considering the number of troops and ships of war which had been reduced at the ratification of the treaty: but they were disagreeably undeceived in finding themselves again loaded with very extraordinary impositions, for the payment of a vast debt which government had contracted in the course of the war, notwithstanding the incredible aids granted by parliament.

But once more we were disagreeably surprised by the strict punctuality of the lady of the house.

It impressed me most disagreeably to hear my mother forever talking of the miserableness and worthlessness of the earthly life, and of the blessedness hereafter as the only thing deserving of our attention, and at the same time observe how with unconscious motherly matchmaking and secret strategy she sought to arrange a rich marriage for her son.