disturbingly

1. 1.

   in a disturbing manner

   “the details of the kidnaper's letter had sounded disturbingly convincing”

Questions about disturbingly

What does disturbingly mean?

disturbingly means "in a disturbing manner".

How many syllables are in disturbingly?

disturbingly has 4 syllables: di-stur-bin-gly. The stress falls on "stur". In IPA it is /dɪˈstɝbɪŋli/.

Is disturbingly a common word?

disturbingly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.