alarmingly

/ɐlˈɑːmɪŋli/

/əˈɫɑɹmɪŋɫi/

alarmingly

in a manner that causes concern or fear due to the severity, or unexpected nature of the situation or information presented

Examples

1. The sellers were close to the industry, alarmingly so.

2. More alarmingly, this also contains your entire daily allowance of sugar.

3. And, perhaps most alarmingly, the government bond market started to malfunction.

4. This whole Comprehensive Plan thing was now becoming increasingly, alarmingly irrelevant.