worryingly

1. 1.

   in a manner to cause worry

Questions about worryingly

What does worryingly mean?

worryingly means "in a manner to cause worry".

How many syllables are in worryingly?

worryingly has 3 syllables: wor-ryin-gly. The stress falls on "wor".

Is worryingly a common word?

worryingly 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.