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dishearteningly

dishearteningly adverb: in a disheartening manner.

Adverb

dishearteningly (comparative more dishearteningly, superlative most dishearteningly)

  1. In a disheartening manner.

Forms of dishearteningly

comparativemore dishearteningly
superlativemost dishearteningly

Origin of dishearteningly

From disheartening + -ly.

Questions about dishearteningly

What does dishearteningly mean?
Dishearteningly means in a disheartening manner.
What part of speech is dishearteningly?
Dishearteningly is an adverb.

Words near dishearteningly in the dictionary

  1. disheartener
  2. dishearteners
  3. disheartenest
  4. dishearteneth
  5. disheartening
  6. dishearteningly
  7. disheartenment
  8. disheartenments
  9. disheartens
  10. dishearting
  11. dishearts

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