The phrase "distressingly by" is not grammatically correct and is not commonly used in written English.
It is possible that it may be used in very specific and formal contexts, but it is not a natural or commonly used phrase. It is possible that the intended phrase was "distressed by," which means feeling troubled or anxious about something. Here is an example of proper usage: "I was distressed by the news of my friend's illness." If you are referring to the phrase "distressingly abstract," then it means something is difficult to understand or overly theoretical. An example sentence could be "The lecture was distressingly abstract and left the students feeling confused and frustrated."
"But even this court was shocked, not only by the seeming pervasive scope of misconduct but even more distressingly by the seeming casualness by which such conduct is employed".
"But even this court was shocked, not only by the seeming pervasive scope of misconduct but even more distressingly by the seeming casualness by which such conduct is employed". I've been reading Alexander's book at bedtime, and it's not a comforting read.
The stars of "Teen Mom 3" — Ms. Douthit, Briana DeJesus, Katie Yeager and Alex Sekella — are all alumnae of "16 and Pregnant," the feeder docudrama, and their stories are distressingly familiar by now.
But for Jakie in 1925 New York, the pretense allowed him to hide behind the mask and the music of another long-suffering people (even if that people's suffering was distressingly romanticized by minstrelsy itself).
It all sounds distressingly familiar by now, this favoritism toward big investors, often in the hopes of getting more business from them at the expense of individuals who lack privileged market access.
While gang rape perpetrated by clients was distressingly common, gang rape by police and related authorities was also reported across sites and in forms that were remarkably similar: "There was this time when I was arrested by six policemen.
It shows the monks as distressingly human, tormented by the same impulses that beset the laity.
Despite their apparent promise, Avogadro's ideas were distressingly abstract and burdened by some anomalies, which delayed their adoption by chemists.
The room finds out thirty minutes later that he has histoplasmosis, which is also known by the distressingly resonant moniker of Darling's disease, after its discoverer, Samuel Taylor Darling.
The theory of victory lies in a competition for effective rule and legitimacy -- local political outcomes that are enabled by, yet distressingly independent of, military success.
In the past, I've ducked into a psychic storm cellar when assailed by his distressingly avid images of war, Lustmord (sex murder), and all-around depravity; compared with his universe of derision and disgust, "Cabaret" is a kohl-smudged "Sesame Street".
