Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distastefully"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distasteful \Dis*taste"ful\, a.
1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous;
loathsome.
2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as,
a distasteful truth.
Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly
actions. --Milton.
3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. ``Distasteful
looks.'' --Shak.
Syn: Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing;
dissatisfactory; disgusting. - {Dis*taste"ful*ly}, adv.
-- {Dis*taste"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
distastefully
adv 1: in an offensively distasteful manner; "a distastefully
explicit report on the Royal couple's marital life"
2: in a disgusting manner or to a disgusting degree; "the
beggar was disgustingly filthy" [syn: {disgustingly}, {revoltingly},
{sickeningly}]
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