embarrassingly
adverb/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋli/
Frequency rank: #16,121 most common English word
Meaning
in a way that causes shame or awkward self-consciousness.
Example sentence
His answer was embarrassingly wrong, and the whole class noticed.
Synonyms & related words
- shamefully
- awkwardly
- painfully
- humiliatingly
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