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- adverb In an
upsetting manner.
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Examples
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Crotty found there were "upsettingly" few female company directors.
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Potbellies, scrawny legs and, rather upsettingly, funky teeth are the order of the day.
The Guyliner: Do I Really Need a Six-Pack to Make an Impact? Why I'm Sticking With the Body I've Got The Guyliner 2011
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I believe the reason behind this also explains the upsettingly small number of sexual, explicit Danish films I've seen in the last five years.
Claire Gordon: Browsing Is Dead Claire Gordon 2011
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And Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as the patient, the all too patient patient -- both the adjective and the noun pertinent -- was upsettingly, well, patient.
Carol Smaldino: A Surprise of Sentiment and 50-50 Carol Smaldino 2011
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I believe the reason behind this also explains the upsettingly small number of sexual, explicit Danish films I've seen in the last five years.
Claire Gordon: Browsing Is Dead Claire Gordon 2011
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I wish she had come to that decision before taping all of her private interviews in an upsettingly low-cut milk maid bustier.
'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' finale recap: Moose and Heifers | EW.com 2009
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And Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as the patient, the all too patient patient -- both the adjective and the noun pertinent -- was upsettingly, well, patient.
Carol Smaldino: A Surprise of Sentiment and 50-50 Carol Smaldino 2011
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Potbellies, scrawny legs and, rather upsettingly, funky teeth are the order of the day.
The Guyliner: Do I Really Need a Six-Pack to Make an Impact? Why I'm Sticking With the Body I've Got The Guyliner 2011
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And Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as the patient, the all too patient patient -- both the adjective and the noun pertinent -- was upsettingly, well, patient.
Carol Smaldino: A Surprise of Sentiment and 50-50 Carol Smaldino 2011
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At the house, O'Reilly, as she recounts in her book about the killing, investigation and trial, was behaving bizarrely and upsettingly, re-enacting how he thought the person responsible must have killed Rachel, even acting out the blows to her body that would have produced the blood that was still spattered on the walls.
Rose Callaly: 'I heard my daughter's voice say: 'He did it' 2010
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