"distressingly of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to convey a feeling of sadness or disappointment. Example: The news of his father's illness was distressingly of great concern to him.
The only description of the disease that was given by these wine growers was that it 'reminded them distressingly of "consumption"' (tuberculosis).
Thanks to Obama, Russia threatens Europe North Koreaa is misbehaving; China is flexing its military muscles; ISIS is on the march; Iran has a clear path to acquiring nuclear weapons; and perhaps most distressingly of all, Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, is unhappy with U.S. policy.
The colossal effort Carr has exerted to produce his latest book, "The Legend of Broken," weighs distressingly on each of the novel's 734 pages, including nearly 80 pages of endnotes.
It doesn't help that Gamache, as in other productions, is presented as a preening, effeminate stereotype; of the many ways in which ballet is distressingly out of step with contemporary culture, its reflexive homophobia is the ugliest.
The colony's attorney general, Eric Griffith-Jonesaidaid the mistreatment of detainees was "distressingly reminiscent of conditions in Nazi Germany or communist Russia", but agreed to draft new legislation sanctioning beatings as long as it was kept secret.
Among them was a damning memo from the colony's attorney general, Eric Griffith-Jones, a man who had described the mistreatment of the detainees as "distressingly reminiscent of conditions in Nazi Germany or Communist Russia".
Among the papers that had been withheld from the courts – and from the National Archive at Kew, south west of London – was a memo from Kenya's attorney general, Eric Griffith-Jones, who had described the mistreatment of the detainees as "distressingly reminiscent of conditions in Nazi Germany or Communist Russia".
More recently his reform drive has faltered in the face of congressional resistance, and he has proved distressingly tolerant of corruption among his own close political associates.
Distressingly, some of these diseases have been found in the United States.
But he has failed to promote a free-market agenda he is distressingly fond of farm subsidies and state intervention.
More than 1 million were forced from their homes into detention facilities, which Kenya's then attorney general Eric Griffith-Jones described as "distressingly reminiscent of conditions in Nazi Germany or communist Russia".
