Defeatingly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Defeatingly is an adverb meaning So as to defeat, or frustrate progress.
Meaning
So as to defeat, or frustrate progress.
Example Sentences
It seemed defeatingly solid, but the metal building attaching to the frame seemed rusty and fatigued. He pressed against it, and it seemed like it would give way easily.
Mathematics is cognitively difficult, technical, abstract, and (for many) defeatingly impersonal: one needs, it seems, to have been inside the dressing room in order to make much sense of the play.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rejectingly, athwart, repulsingly, deflatingly, decliningly, overthwart.
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