discouraginglyadv.
/dᵻˈskʌrᵻdʒɪŋli/, U.S. /dᵻˈskərᵻdʒɪŋli/ In a discouraging manner; so as to cause discouragement.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner
louringly1576
drearily1579
dernly1590
darkly1597
gloomingly1598
dolesomelya1626
discouraginglya1651
mopishly1651
dismally1653
depressivelya1670
surlily1711
dishearteningly1742
funereally1774
cheerlessly1789
unjoyously1812
ghastily1829
ghastlily1829
desolately1831
unjoyfully1831
depressingly1847
lugubriously1848
dispiritingly1882
uncheerfully1890
drearly1891
greyly1898
the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adverb] > so as to discourage
discouraginglya1651
a1651 C. Love Souls Cordiall (1653) i. 25 In your confessions look not discouragingly on God as an angry Judge, but hopefully as on a displeased Father.
1690 J. Mackenzie Siege London-derry 21/2 Collonel Lundy..spoke so discouragingly to many of them concerning the indefensibleness of the place.
1745 Literary Jrnl. 1 244 Let Ecclesiastical History be ever so discouragingly perplexing.
1833 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 22 June 388/3 The cost of so extensive an undertaking must undoubtedly be great, but by no means discouragingly so.
1882 ‘A. Thomas’ Allerton Towers II. viii. 151 Treating her confidences coldly, not to say, discouragingly.
1959 S. Resnick Essent. Spanish Gram. 8 What may appear discouragingly difficult at first will become understandable as your studies progress.
2012 Daily News (Colombo, Sri Lanka) (Nexis) 15 May The number of repeat offenders among former prisoners remains discouragingly high.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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