disconcertingly

1. 1.

   in a disturbing or embarrassing manner

   “he drank some sherry, his eyes disconcertingly keen as he watched her”

Questions about disconcertingly

What does disconcertingly mean?

disconcertingly means "in a disturbing or embarrassing manner".

How many syllables are in disconcertingly?

disconcertingly has 5 syllables: di-scon-cer-tin-gly. The stress falls on "cer".

Is disconcertingly a common word?

disconcertingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.