discouragingly
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With the price of synthetic fertilizer now discouragingly high for some farmers, he said, his plant has more orders than it’s able to supply.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
Admittedly, prohibiting e-bikes and e-scooters from the bike paths is a very small step on a journey that is discouragingly long.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2019
Here, there is talk not of imminent innovation but of discouragingly minute work proceeding on many slow-moving fronts over decades.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2019
But a growing number doubt that Woods will be able to start at Augusta, especially after his friend Steve Stricker discouragingly said on Tuesday, “I don’t think he’s doing that well right now physically.”
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 9, 2017
He located Hubbard Glacier, which looked discouragingly far away from Seward.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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