Embarrassingly (Adverb)
Meaning
Causing embarrassment; "the great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing".
Examples
- He was embarrassingly bad at playing the guitar in front of his friends.
- Her fashion sense was embarrassingly outdated compared to her peers.
- The CEO was embarrassingly out of touch with the struggles of his employees.
- The athlete was embarrassingly slow during the tournament, causing his team to lose.
- A famous scientist was embarrassingly incorrect about his recent groundbreaking discovery.