embarrassingly
adverb/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋli/
/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋli/
- in a way that makes you feel shy, uncomfortable or ashamed
- Embarrassingly, I'd never heard of Rihanna.
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- in a way that makes somebody/something look bad, stupid, dishonest, etc.
- The play was embarrassingly bad.
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