Deflatingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to deflate. figuratively

    "Here, the emphasis is somewhat deflatingly on the artifice in “Cymbeline.”"

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"Here, the emphasis is somewhat deflatingly on the artifice in “Cymbeline.”"

Etymology

From deflating + -ly.

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