Defeatingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 So as to defeat, or frustrate progress. not-comparable
"Mathematics is cognitively difficult, technical, abstract, and (for many) defeatingly impersonal: one needs, it seems, to have been inside the dressing room in order to make much sense of the play."
Example
More examples"Mathematics is cognitively difficult, technical, abstract, and (for many) defeatingly impersonal: one needs, it seems, to have been inside the dressing room in order to make much sense of the play."
Etymology
From defeating + -ly.
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