'Distressfully' definitions:
Definition of 'distressfully'
(from WordNet)
adverb
With distress; "`Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully"
Definition of 'Distressfully'
From: GCIDE
- Distressful \Dis*tress"ful\, a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke." --Shak. "Distressful cries." --Pope.
- Syn: distressing. [1913 Webster] -- {Dis*tress"ful*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]