Embarrassingly

//ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an embarrassing manner.

    "He stumbled embarrassingly about the dance floor."

  2. 2
    To the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree.

    "He soon became not merely tipsy, but embarrassingly drunk."

  3. 3
    Causing embarrassment.

    "Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk."

Adverb
  1. 1
    causing embarrassment wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
abashingly

Example

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"She embarrassingly returned home."

Etymology

From embarrassing (adjective) + -ly.

Related phrases

embarrassingly parallel

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