"depressingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depressingly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more depressingly [comparative], most depressingly [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English depressing Middle English -ly English -ly English depressingly From depressing + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|depressing|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English depressing Middle English -ly English -ly English depressingly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "depressingly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="depressingly"> From depressing + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} depressingly (comparative more depressingly, superlative most depressingly)
  1. In a depressing manner.
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