distortedly
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7.1
- adverb
- /dɪˈstɔrtɪdli/
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de manera distorsionada
- Images from the security camera appeared distortedly due to poor lighting conditions.
Examples
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The last of the theater workers' cars left, loud rock music blaring distortedly from speakers that were not meant to handle such volume, and now the parking lot was empty, save for an abandoned pickup at the far end.
Fiction book (1991) -
His perception of reality seemed to have shifted distortedly after months of isolation.
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Dreams had begun to weave distortedly through the darkness behind the lids.
Fiction book (2001) -
As we elaborate it further after the screening, this second story imperceptibly fuses with the larger story until it distortedly becomes one with it.
Academic text (1993) -
[Orick distortedly]
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[Dave groans distortedly]
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[Dave groans distortedly]
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[Zach screams distortedly]
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[Ahmed screaming distortedly]
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[Steve-O screams distortedly]
Synonyms
In a way that twists the original meaning to make it wrong
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Distortedly comes from parts dis- meaning 'apart' and -tort meaning 'twist', so it literally means 'twisted apart'. Think of a picture seen through cracked glass or a voice bent out of shape; that's why distortedly describes something changed, twisted, or told in the wrong way.