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embarrassingly

  • /ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli/ UK
  • /ɛm-/ UK
  • /əmˈbɛɹəsɪŋli/ US
  • /ɛm-/ US

adverb more embarrassingly · most embarrassingly

  1. In an embarrassing manner. He stumbled embarrassingly about the dance floor.
  2. To the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree. He soon became not merely tipsy, but embarrassingly drunk.
  3. Causing embarrassment. Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk.

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@misc{embarrassingly_2026,
  title = {embarrassingly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/embarrassingly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}