Discouragingly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discouraging \Dis*cour"a*ging\, a.
     Causing or indicating discouragement. --
     {Dis*cour"a*ging*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  discouragingly
       adv : in a discouraging manner; "the failure rate on the bar exam
             is discouragingly high" [ant: {encouragingly}]