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disappointingly

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dis·ap·point·ing  (ds-pointng)
adj.
Not up to expectations or hopes: a disappointing test score; finished the marathon in a disappointing 12th place.

disap·pointing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.disappointingly - in a disappointing manner; "the discoverer of argon, Sir William Ramsay, looked disappointingly ordinary"
Translations
disappointingly [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋlɪ] ADV [react, lose] → de manera decepcionante
the boat performed disappointingly in the raceel barco tuvo una actuación decepcionante en la regata
progress is disappointingly slowel progreso es tan lento que resulta decepcionante
disappointingly, nothing happenedlamentablemente, no pasó nada, lo decepcionante fue que no pasó nada
disappointingly [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋli] adv
disappointingly slow → d'une lenteur décevante
a disappointingly small crowd → une foule décevante
disappointingly, ... → à ma (or notre ) grande déception, ..., à la grande déception de tous, ...
disappointingly
adventtäuschend; (introducing sentence) → leider; she performed disappointinglysie enttäuschte; rather disappointingly, he didn’t have the opportunityes war ziemlich enttäuschend, dass er keine Gelegenheit dazu hatte, leider hatte er keine Gelegenheit dazu
disappointingly [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋlɪ] advin modo deludente
disappointingly [ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪŋlɪ] advin modo deludente


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The last three, which Agatha liked, helped to make the contrast between Alton and London tolerable to her, but they had their drawbacks, for good partners at the dances, and good performances at the spiritless opera and concerts, were disappointingly scarce.
"All about it" proved to be disappointingly little, and yet there was enough to assure us that the case before us might well be worthy of the expert's closest attention.
 
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