discouragingly

Finally, and most discouragingly, what about the very top of the heap?

But then, back home, nobody seems to know - or, more discouragingly, to care.

Discouragingly over the next few years we watched the property change hands twice.

Buses were discouragingly full, and it was difficult to figure out what bus went where.

Life in rural areas could be discouragingly harsh, as I was learning.

The inability to read is prevalent around the world and discouragingly present even in American society.

To avoid the area of the reported ambush completely would take a discouragingly long time.

"The belief that anyone can beat a drum is discouragingly popular!"

Let's say that I find your reception at the offer discouragingly unattractive.

"Worse, I am afraid that it might have been thrown away," he added discouragingly.

He looked over the discouragingly lengthy list of names.

And in the nation's shopping capital, New York, business was discouragingly slow.

But the light at the end of the fusion tunnel has remained discouragingly dim.

Inventory of the firearms and ammunition showed the total to be discouragingly small.

Throughout the Northeast, beaches and mountain campgrounds have been discouragingly cold.

Then they assemble in the forward lounge for a talk on procedure given by three of the discouragingly capable staff members.

Thoughts came and went, all of them discouragingly unpractical.

Scott said discouragingly as he readjusted his glasses which had fallen off in the fall.

The line before the elevator was discouragingly long.

At first he was discouragingly slow, awkward and inaccurate.

Aside from political maneuvering, the confirmation process itself has become discouragingly long and burdensome.

At the moment, everything outside appeared discouragingly calm.

Tim wore only underwear; the thin body looked discouragingly boyish.

Orwell of course could be discouragingly pessimistic at times.

Most discouragingly, Ms. Jones found, women themselves see nothing particularly wrong with this arrangement.