discomposingly

The old man, coming into the house a little haltingly that evening, stopped sharply as his granddaughter, with a discomposingly intent look, asked, "Tired to-night, grampa?"

The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

Here was Fredi, his little Fredi -- stately girl that she had grown, and grave, too, for all her fun and her sail on wings -- lifting him to pleasures not followed by clamorous, and perfectly satisfactory, yet discomposingly violent, appeals to Nature.

One of Our Conquerors — Complete George Meredith 1868

Here was Fredi, his little Fredi -- stately girl that she had grown, and grave, too, for all her fun and her sail on wings -- lifting him to pleasures not followed by clamorous, and perfectly satisfactory, yet discomposingly violent, appeals to Nature.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Here was Fredi, his little Fredi -- stately girl that she had grown, and grave, too, for all her fun and her sail on wings -- lifting him to pleasures not followed by clamorous, and perfectly satisfactory, yet discomposingly violent, appeals to Nature.

One of Our Conquerors — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868