Embarrassingly

adverb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.adverbIn an embarrassing manner.

"He stumbled embarrassingly about the dance floor."

2.adverbTo the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree.

"He soon became not merely tipsy, but embarrassingly drunk."

3.adverbCausing embarrassment.

"Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk."

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