embarrassingly
English
Etymology
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From embarrassing + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli/, /ɛm-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əmˈbɛɹəsɪŋli/, /ɛm-/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: em‧bar‧rass‧ing‧ly
Adverb
embarrassingly (comparative more embarrassingly, superlative most embarrassingly)
- In an embarrassing manner.
- He stumbled embarrassingly about the dance floor.
- To the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree.
- He soon became not merely tipsy, but embarrassingly drunk.
- He was presented with an embarrassingly long list of options.
- 1938 December 20, Paul Harrison, “Harrison in Hollywood: The Movie Folk Will Leave Town Come Christmas Week-End, and All”, in The Harlan Daily Enterprise, volume 37, number 300, Harlan, Ky., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 8:
- This is the first Christmas, her mother reports, that Shirley Temple has been sure there isn’t a real Santa Claus. Last season she was embarrassingly curious about the numerous Messrs. Claus she saw on the streets and in department stores.
- Causing embarrassment.
- Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk.
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