What does defeatingly mean?
Defeatingly means So as to defeat, or frustrate progress..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
So as to defeat, or frustrate progress..
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.
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.
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Defeatingly means So as to defeat, or frustrate progress..
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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.
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