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Discouragingly

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Adverb

1. discouragingly

in a discouraging manner

Example Sentences:
'the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Discouragingly

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to deprive of the will to persist in something
2. 
to inhibit; prevent
this solution discourages rust
3. 
to oppose by expressing disapproval

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Discouragingly

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verb transitiveWord forms: disˈcouraged or disˈcouraging
1. 
to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten
2. 
to advise or persuade (a person) to refrain
3. 
to prevent or try to prevent by disapproving or raising objections or obstacles
verb intransitive
4. 
to become discouraged

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Discouragingly

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tr.v. dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing, dis·cour·ag·es
1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit: Making so little progress after so much effort discouraged us.
2. To dissuade or deter (someone) from doing something: My adviser discouraged me from applying to big universities.
3. To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections: The agency discouraged all travel to the areas hardest hit by the disease.

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