disconcertingly


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dis·con·cert

 (dĭs′kən-sûrt′)
tr.v. dis·con·cert·ed, dis·con·cert·ing, dis·con·certs
1. To cause to lose composure; embarrass or confuse: He was disconcerted by the teacher's angry tone. See Synonyms at embarrass.
2. To frustrate (plans, for example) by throwing into disorder; disarrange.

[Obsolete French disconcerter, from Old French desconcerter : des-, dis- + concerter, to bring into agreement (from Old Italian concertare; see concert).]

dis′con·cert′ing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.disconcertingly - in a disturbing or embarrassing manner; "he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her"
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Translations

disconcertingly

[ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋlɪ] ADVde modo desconcertante
he spoke in a disconcertingly frank waydesconcertó a todos hablando con tanta franqueza
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disconcertingly

advbeunruhigend; (introducing sentence) → irritierenderweise
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

disconcertingly

[ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋlɪ] advsorprendentemente, in modo sconcertante
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Viewed thus, as through the wrong end of a telescope, it looked disconcertingly small and distant; but then from Samarkand it would.
Then he put his elbows on the table, pinched his lower lip with his two fore-fingers, and regarded Bert disconcertingly with magnified eyes.
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Neither of the Holocaust deniers in the race came anywhere close to winning but disconcertingly, both polled over 25 percent.
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A full gym and bath sit atop a detached three-car garage that abuts an indoor basketball court, and the finished basement holds a small but plush home theater along with a disconcertingly gargantuan, 2,000-square-foot recreation room.