| ADVERB | all | discouragingly | in a discouraging / discouraging manner |
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| Meaning | In a discouraging / discouraging manner. | |
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| Example | "the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high" | |
| Opposite | encouragingly | In an encouraging manner |
| Adjectives | discouraging | depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action |
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