DISAPPOINTINGLY

disappointingly

(adverb) in a disappointing manner; “the discoverer of argon, Sir William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

disappointingly (comparative more disappointingly, superlative most disappointingly)

In a disappointing manner.

I spent countless hours revising, but, disappointingly, I still failed the exam.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

17 March 2025

PARAMAGNET

(noun) magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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