If you describe something as ~, you mean that it makes you feel rather worried or uncertain.
The prospect of change of this kind has an ~ effect on any organisation...
= disturbing
ADJ
~ly
It was ~ly quiet.
ADV: ADV adj
If you describe something as ~, you mean that it makes you feel rather worried or uncertain.
The prospect of change of this kind has an ~ effect on any organisation...
= disturbing
ADJ
~ly
It was ~ly quiet.
ADV: ADV adj
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012