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embarrassingly

Syllables: em·bar·rass·ing·lyUK/ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli//əmˈbɛɹəsɪŋli/

embarrassingly adverb: in an embarrassing manner.

Adverb

embarrassingly (comparative more embarrassingly, superlative most embarrassingly)

  1. In an embarrassing manner.
    • He stumbled embarrassingly about the dance floor.
  2. 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.
  3. Causing embarrassment.
    • Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk.

embarrassingly meaning in Urdu

embarrassingly in Urdu

بوکھلائے ہوئے, پریشانی سے

Forms of embarrassingly

comparativemore embarrassingly
superlativemost embarrassingly

Origin of embarrassingly

From embarrassing + -ly.

Words formed from embarrassingly

Questions about embarrassingly

What does embarrassingly mean?
Embarrassingly means in an embarrassing manner.
What is embarrassingly in Urdu?
Embarrassingly in Urdu is بوکھلائے ہوئے, پریشانی سے. See Embarrassingly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is embarrassingly?
Embarrassingly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce embarrassingly?
Embarrassingly is pronounced /ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli/ (UK).

Words near embarrassingly in the dictionary

  1. embarrasser
  2. embarrassers
  3. embarrasses
  4. embarrassin'
  5. embarrassing
  6. embarrassingly
  7. embarrassingly parallel
  8. embarrassingness
  9. embarrassings
  10. embarrassment
  11. embarrassment of riches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: embarrassingly (page history and authors); embarrassingly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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