Definition of depressingly in English:
depressingly
adverbdɪˈprɛsɪŋlidəˈprɛsɪŋli
In a manner that causes sadness.
Mrs Lynde spoke depressingly
as submodifier the story is becoming depressingly familiar
as sentence adverb depressingly, I have to agree with Eric on the likely political reaction to this problem
Example sentencesExamples
- The problems are depressingly similar in every industry I have observed: forced overtime, discrimination, and sexual harassment.
- The experience sounded depressingly like something out of an extremely bad novel.
- Not only is this article very astute in my opinion, but so depressingly true in what it suggests.
- A BBC editor found himself depressingly bombarded with questions from young composition students which all revealed their obsession to discover in what 'style' they should be writing.
- It's the sole bright note in a depressingly conventional new suburb.
- The Convention was wound up in 1976, depressingly little having been achieved.
- More depressingly, the proper spirit of real commerce was now missing from the streets of lower Manhattan.
- Today, although the country is picking up the pieces and starting over, the job market is still depressingly bleak.
- Your book ended depressingly.
- Depressingly, even the cuts that do gain media attention seem to have certain aspects that remain hidden.
Definition of depressingly in US English:
depressingly
adverbdəˈpresiNGlēdəˈprɛsɪŋli
In a manner that causes sadness.
Mrs. Lynde spoke depressingly
as submodifier the story is becoming depressingly familiar
as sentence adverb depressingly, I have to agree with Eric on the likely political reaction to this problem
Example sentencesExamples
- It's the sole bright note in a depressingly conventional new suburb.
- Your book ended depressingly.
- A BBC editor found himself depressingly bombarded with questions from young composition students which all revealed their obsession to discover in what 'style' they should be writing.
- Today, although the country is picking up the pieces and starting over, the job market is still depressingly bleak.
- Depressingly, even the cuts that do gain media attention seem to have certain aspects that remain hidden.
- More depressingly, the proper spirit of real commerce was now missing from the streets of lower Manhattan.
- The experience sounded depressingly like something out of an extremely bad novel.
- The Convention was wound up in 1976, depressingly little having been achieved.
- Not only is this article very astute in my opinion, but so depressingly true in what it suggests.
- The problems are depressingly similar in every industry I have observed: forced overtime, discrimination, and sexual harassment.