discomfitingly

If Obama has Clinton's strength of character -- a discomfitingly big "if" -- he could adapt after a single failure and learn to be successful.

Smart President, Foolish Choices James Taranto 2010

Making distinctions at the level of skin (or fur and feathers) is discomfitingly reminiscent of other times when scientists have played a less-than-savory role in social policies.

G.A. Bradshaw: The Scientists' Bark 2009

But there is a kind of parallel experience I think a lot of people around that age haveâ?? through with school and the exhultation of just-post-school and suddenly feeling discomfitingly unmoored.

It’s a Jersey Thing 2004

There was a small silence during which he gave her a discomfitingly sharp look before saying, "Or not much you want to tell."

A Time to Dream Jordan, Penny 1991

There was a small silence during which he gave her a discomfitingly sharp look before saying, "Or not much you want to tell."

A Time to Dream Jordan, Penny 1991

Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire Michael Deacon 9:06AM BST 31 May 2011 The X Factor contains no big surprises - all three of the new judges had been the subject of press rumours for months - and yet, now that it's confirmed, it feels almost discomfitingly strange.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

Cut to 2009, and the irresistibly anthemic (if discomfitingly titled) single '' My Life Would Suck Without You '': Does her No. 1 Hot 100 hit mean our queen is back?

EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines 2009

In a section about his family and upbringing, he's discomfitingly frank: "If you go back and look at the abuse that I took, it's no surprise I became who I am.

Taipei Times 2008