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discouragingly

discouragingly adverb: in a discouraging manner.

Adverb

discouragingly (comparative more discouragingly, superlative most discouragingly)

  1. In a discouraging manner.

Forms of discouragingly

comparativemore discouragingly
superlativemost discouragingly

Origin of discouragingly

From discouraging + -ly.

Questions about discouragingly

What does discouragingly mean?
Discouragingly means in a discouraging manner.
What part of speech is discouragingly?
Discouragingly is an adverb.

Words near discouragingly in the dictionary

  1. discouragers
  2. discourages
  3. discouragest
  4. discourageth
  5. discouraging
  6. discouragingly
  7. discouragings
  8. discource
  9. discources
  10. discoure
  11. discoured

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