- discomfitingly
- adverb see discomfit I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
discomfitingly
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discomfit — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French descumfit, past participle of descumfire, from des dis + cumfire to prepare more at comfit Date: 13th century 1. a. archaic to defeat in battle b. to frustrate the plans of ; thwart … New Collegiate Dictionary
A Spot of Bother — Infobox Book name = A Spot of Bother title orig = translator = image caption = Book cover, paperback ed. author = Mark Haddon illustrator = cover artist = country = flag|England language = English series = subject = genre = Mortality Psychology… … Wikipedia
dis|com|fit|ing|ly — «dihs KUHM fiht ihng lee», adverb. in a discomfiting manner; embarrassingly: »By discomfitingly small margins, the measure squeaked through Congress (Time) … Useful english dictionary
