defeatinglyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

副詞

defeatingly (not comparable)

1. So as to defeat, or frustrate progress.
   • 2006, Reuben Hersh, 18 Unconventional Essays on the Nature of Mathematics (page 97)

     Mathematics is cognitively difficult, technical, abstract, and (for many) defeatingly impersonal: one needs, it seems, to have been inside the dressing room in order to make much sense of the play.

   • 2012, Paula Rae Wallace, The Andersons (page 298)

     It seemed defeatingly solid, but the metal building attaching to the frame seemed rusty and fatigued. He pressed against it, and it seemed like it would give way easily.