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Definition of Discouragingly
1. Adverb. In a discouraging manner. "The failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high"
Definition of Discouragingly
1. Adverb. In a discouraging manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Discouragingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discouragingly
Literary usage of Discouragingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Reminiscences of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz, Frederic Bancroft, William Archibald Dunning (1907)
"... world that was good and beautiful, although he was obliged to confess to
himself that the practical result of his mission was discouragingly trifling. ..."
2. Public Papers of Governor by New York (State). Governor (1902)
"Colonel Willett Writes Discouragingly of His Regiment of Levies— Orders. Albany,
19th May 1781. Sir, Agreeable to my instructions I have sent officers to ..."
3. Talks on the Study of Literature by Arlo Bates (1897)
"Of books of these various classes Max Nordau has made a dismal list in "
Degeneration," a book itself discouragingly bulky, discouragingly opinionated, ..."
4. Andrew Ellicott: His Life and Letters by Catharine Van Cortlandt Mathews (1908)
"It led through cleared land and forest, over roads often discouragingly steep,
and always discouragingly poor, and to reach accommodations for man and horse ..."
5. Information Annual ...: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events (1916)
"If the average wage and the average wage-salary are discouragingly small, it is
because the average product and the average net earnings of industry per ..."
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