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worrisomely
adverb
USuk /ˈwʌr.i.səm.li/ us /ˈwɝː.i.səm.li/
in a way that is worrying:
Unemployment claims have been trending worrisomely upward across the country for the last several months.
Most worrisomely, the country's army is equipped with state-of-the-art artillery.
This is likely to make the situation worse, as the past week is making worrisomely evident.
The populations of developed countries are growing worrisomely old.
The blood bank puts out requests for people to donate blood when the supply becomes worrisomely low.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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alarming
alarmingly
bite
catch up with someone
come back to bite someoneidiom
disturb
dread
frighten
frighten someone/something away/off
get/go beyond a jokeidiom
give someone the jimjamsidiom
give someone the jittersidiom
oppressive
rattle
roost
stressful
stressfully
suspenseful
suspensefully
suspensive
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