Usually means: Drawing attention away excessively; disruptive.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word distractingly:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. distractingly: Merriam-Webster
  2. distractingly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. distractingly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. distractingly: Wordnik
  5. distractingly: Wiktionary
  6. distractingly: Dictionary.com
  7. distractingly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. distractingly: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. distractingly: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (distractingly)

▸ adverb:  In a distracting manner.

Similar:
distractedly, undistractingly, divertingly, disorientingly, amusingly, disturbingly, digressively, disruptively, dissuasively, distortively, more...

Opposite:
focusing, attentively, engrossing, absorbing

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Similar:
distractedly, undistractingly, divertingly, disorientingly, amusingly, disturbingly, digressively, disruptively, dissuasively, distortively, more...

Opposite:
focusing, attentively, engrossing, absorbing



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