embarrassingly

American  

[em-bar-uhs-ing-lee] / ɛmˈbær əs ɪŋ li /

adverb

1. in a way or to a degree that embarrasses, especially by causing confusion, shame, or anxiety.

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embarrassingly

She looked down and read nervously from a script, took just three questions and embarrassingly mixed up references to “her husband” and “her president.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Now ebullient, now maudlin, Herzen can be suddenly, embarrassingly intimate—as when describing the torment of jealousy that gripped him upon learning of his wife’s brief affair with a German romantic poet, Georg Herwegh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

You could go on and on citing the ones who missed out, sometimes narrowly, sometimes overwhelmingly and, at times, embarrassingly.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

The number of licensed toys I had as a kid for characters I really didn’t give a damn about is embarrassingly exorbitant.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

Around the Muslim’s restaurant, I met some of the converts, all of them neatly dressed and almost embarrassingly polite.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

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