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Distressingly vs Sorrowly - What's the difference?

distressingly | sorrowly |

As adverbs the difference between distressingly and sorrowly

is that distressingly is in a distressing manner; so as to cause distress while sorrowly is (poetic|archaic) with sorrow, full of sorrow.

distressingly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a distressing manner; so as to cause distress.
  • *, chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.

    sorrowly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (poetic, archaic) with sorrow, full of sorrow
  • * {{quote-book, year=1797, author=An English Lady, title=A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795,, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Time passes sorrowly , rather than slowly; and my thoughts, without being amused, are employed. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=, author=Mrs. O. F. Walton, title=Christie's Old Organ, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Christie walked home very sadly and sorrowly ; he was in no haste to meet old Treffy's anxious, inquiring eyes. }}