HyperDic: discouragingly

English > 1 sense of the word discouragingly:
ADVERBalldiscouraginglyin a discouraging / discouraging manner
English > discouragingly: 1 sense > adverb 1
MeaningIn a discouraging / discouraging manner.
Example"the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high"
OppositeencouraginglyIn an encouraging manner
Adjectivesdiscouragingdepriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

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