Worryingly
adverb
In a way that causes concern because it is unexpected or unusual.
The number of sick turtles is worryingly high.
Often appears as...
- worryingly high
- worryingly low
adverb
In a way that causes concern because it is unexpected or unusual.
The number of sick turtles is worryingly high.
Often appears as...
- worryingly high
- worryingly low
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Use 'worryingly' to imply a situation is negative and could have bad outcomes.
The crime rate is worryingly increasing in our city.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Warning
'Worryingly' subtly warns that attention should be paid to a particular issue or trend.
The student's performance has worryingly declined over the semester.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Issues
Use when something negative is surprising or not as one would normally expect.
She worryingly missed the meeting without notice.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Use 'worryingly' to imply a situation is negative and could have bad outcomes.
The crime rate is worryingly increasing in our city.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Warning
'Worryingly' subtly warns that attention should be paid to a particular issue or trend.
The student's performance has worryingly declined over the semester.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Issues
Use when something negative is surprising or not as one would normally expect.
She worryingly missed the meeting without notice.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Use 'worryingly' to imply a situation is negative and could have bad outcomes.
The crime rate is worryingly increasing in our city.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Warning
'Worryingly' subtly warns that attention should be paid to a particular issue or trend.
The student's performance has worryingly declined over the semester.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Issues
Use when something negative is surprising or not as one would normally expect.
She worryingly missed the meeting without notice.
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Video examples
Incredible Orangutan...
lazy teenager so far no one has seen him eat any forest fruit and rather worryingly he seems to think the pebble beach is made of coconuts
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Anand Giridharadas: A...
hit by one of those strokes that sucks the life from one side, while leaving the other worryingly perfect.
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Incredible Orangutan...
lazy teenager so far no one has seen him eat any forest fruit and rather worryingly he seems to think the pebble beach is made of coconuts
Video examples
Anand Giridharadas: A...
hit by one of those strokes that sucks the life from one side, while leaving the other worryingly perfect.
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Quote examples
Linda Colley
British Historian
From the American Revolution right up to the Second World War, the U.S. was more likely to provoke suspicion among members of the British establishment than deferential approval. It was seen - with good cause - not just as a potential rival for empire, but also as dangerously egalitarian, worryingly innovatory, and excessively democratic.
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Bill Browder
American Activist
And most worryingly, it wouldn't surprise me if Putin ends up starting a major military conflict with the West at some point in the future to save his own skin as head of state in Russia.
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Crispin Blunt
Large numbers have been punished on the basis of a broad and vague definition of terrorism and a worryingly low threshold of evidence.
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Linda Colley
British Historian
From the American Revolution right up to the Second World War, the U.S. was more likely to provoke suspicion among members of the British establishment than deferential approval. It was seen - with good cause - not just as a potential rival for empire, but also as dangerously egalitarian, worryingly innovatory, and excessively democratic.
Quote examples
Bill Browder
American Activist
And most worryingly, it wouldn't surprise me if Putin ends up starting a major military conflict with the West at some point in the future to save his own skin as head of state in Russia.
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Crispin Blunt
Large numbers have been punished on the basis of a broad and vague definition of terrorism and a worryingly low threshold of evidence.
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