embarrassingly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From embarrassing + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]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.
- Causing embarrassment.
- Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk.