Etymology

embarrassingly

em·bar·rass·ing·ly
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Today it means: In an embarrassing manner. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English embarrassing
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The story

  1. Englishembarrassing
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todayembarrassingly

From embarrassing + -ly.

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