depressingly
With a gloomy effect
Depressingly describes something done in a way that causes sadness or discouragement, or emphasizes how disheartening a situation is.
The results were depressingly predictable.
Depressingly, nothing had changed since my last visit.
The word often intensifies adjectives to stress disappointment: depressingly familiar, depressingly low turnout.
In hopeless manner
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- dismallyIn a bleak way
- drearilyIn a bleak manner
- somberlyIn a sad, serious manner
morosely · mournfully · dolefully · cheerlessly · joylessly · grimly · desolately · forlornly
Without any expectation
- futilelyIn a fruitless manner
- pointlesslyWithout meaningful result
- helplesslyWithout ability to cope
- despairinglyIn a hopeless manner
irredeemably · irremediably · incurably · irreparably · unavailingly · fruitlessly · uselessly · vainly
In an expected manner
- inevitablySure to happen
- unsurprisinglyAs was foreseen
- monotonouslyIn unvarying repetition
- tediouslyIn a wearisome way
boringly · tiresomely · wearily · repetitively · routinely · familiarly · typically · expectedly
In spirit-crushing manner
- disappointinglyIn an underwhelming manner
- discouraginglyIn hope-diminishing manner
- dismayinglyIn distressing manner
- demoralizinglyIn a confidence-destroying manner
dauntingly · frustratingly · maddeningly · exasperatingly · disheartenedly
bleakly
In hopeless manner
somberly · morosely · mournfully · dolefully · cheerlessly · joylessly · grimly · desolately · forlornly · disconsolately
hopelessly
Without any expectation
- futilelyIn a fruitless manner
- pointlesslyWithout meaningful result
- helplesslyWithout ability to cope
despairingly · irredeemably · irremediably · incurably · irreparably · unavailingly · fruitlessly · uselessly · vainly
predictably
In an expected manner
- inevitablySure to happen
- unsurprisinglyAs was foreseen
- monotonouslyIn unvarying repetition
tediously · boringly · tiresomely · wearily · repetitively · routinely · familiarly · typically · expectedly
dishearteningly
In spirit-crushing manner
- disappointinglyIn an underwhelming manner
- discouraginglyIn hope-diminishing manner
- dismayinglyIn distressing manner
demoralizingly · dauntingly · frustratingly · maddeningly · exasperatingly · disheartenedly
depressinglycheerfully
In a glad manner
upliftingly · hearteningly · joyfully · happily · cheerily
depressinglyencouragingly
In a supportive way
hopefully · promisingly · optimistically · inspiringly · reassuringly