worrisomely

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

worrisome +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

worrisomely (comparative more worrisomely, superlative most worrisomely)

  1. In a worrisome way.
    • 2009 January 30, The New York Times, “Classical and Opera Listings”, in New York Times[1]:
      But in the Met’s revival of Mary Zimmerman ’s 2007 production of this Donizetti work, they give almost the classic definition of uneven performances: sometimes wondrously beautiful, sometimes worrisomely shaky.