deflatingly

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adverb

So as to deflate.

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Meanings

adverbdeflatingly (comparative more deflatingly, superlative most deflatingly)

comparative more deflatingly · superlative most deflatingly

  1. figurativelySo as to deflate.

    Here, the emphasis is somewhat deflatingly on the artifice in “Cymbeline.”

    2015 August 10, Charles Isherwood, “Review: ‘Cymbeline’ Unspools Its Many Plot Twists at the Delacorte Theater”, in New York Times

Origin

From deflating + -ly.

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APA

deflatingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflatingly

MLA

“deflatingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflatingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deflatingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflatingly.

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