distressfully adv 1: with distress; "`Doctor Rother says it's his only chance,' she added distressfully"
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]