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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Example Sentences

He has previously described the preliminary report into the Air India crash as "woefully inadequate… embarrassingly inadequate".

From BBC

If approach beats avoidance, the next design principle is more counterintuitive: Make the goal small—almost embarrassingly so.

From The Wall Street Journal

The composer struts in during a rehearsal, uncorks an embarrassingly stagey speech about his life and views, and forbids Guthrie from putting his modern spin on the oratorio.

From The Wall Street Journal

There’s a reason why I can never beat Autumn in one-on-one basketball; my endurance is, and has always been, embarrassingly low.

From Literature

For example, you know far more than Lord Fredrick does about the curse upon the Ashtons, for he thinks it is merely going to make his baby embarrassingly wolfish during the full moon.

From Literature