embarrassinglyadv.

Brit.

/ɪmˈbarəsɪŋli/,

/ɛmˈbarəsɪŋli/, U.S.

/əmˈbɛrəsɪŋli/,

/ɛmˈbɛrəsɪŋli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: embarrassing adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < embarrassing adj. + -ly suffix².

In an embarrassing manner or to an embarrassing degree; (now) esp. in a way that causes feelings of self-consciousness or awkwardness. In later use, when modifying an adjective, sometimes with more general intensive sense: awfully, shockingly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adverb] > awkwardly

ungainfullyc1320

awkwardly1674

embarrassedly1799

difficultly1815

embarrassingly1817

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > [adverb]

confusively1599

confoundingly1667

perplexingly1795

embarrassingly1817

distractively1834

bewilderingly1838

distractingly1842

confusingly1863

bafflingly1879

mystifyingly1937

the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adverb] > embarrassedly > embarrassingly

embarrassingly1882

cringingly1973

cringe-makingly1984

1817 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. & Surg. 6 119 The American Hippocrates, Dr. Rush, gave to the pulse a very uncommon share of attention; his divisions and descriptions of it being embarrassingly minute.

1855 Morning Chron. 9 Mar. 5/2 The French..have already relieved our men of some trenches, which added most embarrassingly to their fatiguing labours for some weeks past.

1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool xxvii, in Macmillan's Mag. June 110 The houses were arranged side by side.., with narrow strips of space along their fronts, on which the people walked... It was embarrassingly conspicuous and oppressive.

1910 Outlook 24 Dec. 917/2 They suddenly discovered their funds to be embarrassingly low.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Mar. 156/3 He writes about subjects which, in less skilled hands, have so often and so embarrassingly degenerated into a mess of gush and goo.

a1985 B. Kessel in I. Gitler Swing to Bop (1987) v. 178 I wrote a song, only, embarrassingly, to find out later that it's already been written.

1996 A. Shaw Seen that, now What? 200/4 A particularly loathsome main character, an embarrassingly bad script, and a parade of Hollywood stars make this good campy fun.

2006 A. Robbins Overachievers vi. 156 Parents watching their children's competitive sport exhibited abusive, overaggressive, or embarrassingly out-of-line behavior.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	embarrassingly
释义	embarrassinglyadv. Brit. /ɪmˈbarəsɪŋli/, /ɛmˈbarəsɪŋli/, U.S. /əmˈbɛrəsɪŋli/, /ɛmˈbɛrəsɪŋli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: embarrassing adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < embarrassing adj. + -ly suffix². In an embarrassing manner or to an embarrassing degree; (now) esp. in a way that causes feelings of self-consciousness or awkwardness. In later use, when modifying an adjective, sometimes with more general intensive sense: awfully, shockingly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adverb] > awkwardly ungainfullyc1320 awkwardly1674 embarrassedly1799 difficultly1815 embarrassingly1817 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > [adverb] confusively1599 confoundingly1667 perplexingly1795 embarrassingly1817 distractively1834 bewilderingly1838 distractingly1842 confusingly1863 bafflingly1879 mystifyingly1937 the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > [adverb] > embarrassedly > embarrassingly embarrassingly1882 cringingly1973 cringe-makingly1984 1817 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. & Surg. 6 119 The American Hippocrates, Dr. Rush, gave to the pulse a very uncommon share of attention; his divisions and descriptions of it being embarrassingly minute. 1855 Morning Chron. 9 Mar. 5/2 The French..have already relieved our men of some trenches, which added most embarrassingly to their fatiguing labours for some weeks past. 1882 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool xxvii, in Macmillan's Mag. June 110 The houses were arranged side by side.., with narrow strips of space along their fronts, on which the people walked... It was embarrassingly conspicuous and oppressive. 1910 Outlook 24 Dec. 917/2 They suddenly discovered their funds to be embarrassingly low. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Mar. 156/3 He writes about subjects which, in less skilled hands, have so often and so embarrassingly degenerated into a mess of gush and goo. a1985 B. Kessel in I. Gitler Swing to Bop (1987) v. 178 I wrote a song, only, embarrassingly, to find out later that it's already been written. 1996 A. Shaw Seen that, now What? 200/4 A particularly loathsome main character, an embarrassingly bad script, and a parade of Hollywood stars make this good campy fun. 2006 A. Robbins Overachievers vi. 156 Parents watching their children's competitive sport exhibited abusive, overaggressive, or embarrassingly out-of-line behavior. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1817
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