English-Portuguese translations for alarmingly

• alarmantemente
  Basta referir a percentagem alarmantemente elevada de mulheres infectadas com o HIV - a sul do Sara este valor é de 57%. I need only refer to the alarmingly high percentage of HIV-infected women - south of the Sahara the figure is 57%.
  É impossível ignorar a relação entre este número e o número alarmantemente elevado de jovens que abandonam o ensino precocemente: 14% das raparigas e 18% dos rapazes europeus, em 2004. It is impossible to ignore the correlation between this figure and the alarmingly high number of early school-leavers: 14% of girls and 18% of boys in Europe in 2004.

Definition of alarmingly

• In an alarming way, frighteningly
• Causing fear or concern
• To an extent that causes alarm

Examples

• He sneezed alarmingly.
• Alarmingly, he went into a severe sneezing fit.
• He went into an alarmingly severe sneezing fit.

Related words

• alarming
• alarmist
• alarmism
• alarmin