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depressingly

/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋɫi/ adv

In a depressing manner.

Word Origin Depressingly comes from depressing, from Latin deprimere 'to press down.' The -ing makes it an adjective, -ly an adverb. So a depressingly gray day presses down on your spirits. The root premere 'to press' gives us pressure, compress, express (press out), and suppress (press under).

adv In a depressing manner.

The rainy weather continued depressingly for two straight weeks.

(副词) 令人沮丧地；压抑地

阴雨天气令人压抑地持续了整整两周。

(adverbio) deprimentemente; de manera deprimente [De manera deprimente.]

El clima lluvioso continuó de forma deprimente durante dos semanas seguidas.

(adverbe) de manière déprimante; lugubrement; tristement [D'une manière qui inspire du découragement ou de la tristesse.]

Le temps pluvieux a continué depressingly pendant deux semaines consécutives.

(Adverb) bedrückend; deprimierend [Auf eine bedrückende, niederschlagende Weise.]

Das regnerische Wetter hielt sich **depressingly** zwei Wochen lang.

(副詞) 気落ちさせるように、憂うつに。気分が沈むようなさま。

雨の天候が二週間連続で憂うつに続いた。

(advérbio) deprimentemente; de modo deprimente [De maneira deprimente.]

O clima chuvoso continuou deprimente por duas semanas seguidas.

Synonyms: dishearteningly discouragingly gloomily drearily grimly sadly dismally woefully Antonyms: cheerfully encouragingly hearteningly brightly
Word parts: de + press + ing + ly

Common collocations

be verb of prep in prep to prep familiar adj have verb

Related words

depress depressed depression depressive depressant pressure compression expression impression oppression repression suppression

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