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embarrassingly

em·bar·ras·singly

UK/ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli/ US/ɛm-/ uncommon

adverb

1.

causing embarrassment

  • “the great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing”

Origin

From embarrassing + -ly.

Phrases

  • embarrassingly parallel

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