Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
with distress;
- Example: "`Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
distressfully
adv 1: with distress; "`Doctor Rother says it's his only
chance,' she added distressfully"