embarrassingly

From embarrassing (adjective) + -ly.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli/, /ɛm-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əmˈbɛɹəsɪŋli/, /ɛm-/

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• Hyphenation: em‧bar‧rass‧ing‧ly

embarrassingly (comparative more embarrassingly, superlative 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.

   He was presented with an embarrassingly long list of options.

   • 1938 December 20, Paul Harrison, “Harrison in Hollywood: The Movie Folk Will Leave Town Come Christmas Week-End, and All”, in The Harlan Daily Enterprise, volume 37, number 300, Harlan, Ky., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 8:

     This is the first Christmas, her mother reports, that Shirley Temple has been sure there isn’t a real Santa Claus. Last season she was embarrassingly curious about the numerous Messrs. Claus she saw on the streets and in department stores.

3. Causing embarrassment.

   Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk.