dispiritingly
adverb uk/dɪˈspɪr.ɪ.tɪŋ.li/ us/dɪˈspɪr.ə.t̬ɪŋ.li/
（令人）气馁地，（令人）沮丧地
in a way that causes you to not have much hope about a particular situation or problem
The whole situation seemed dispiritingly familiar. 整个情况似乎令人沮丧地熟悉。
What could make him do such a thing? The answer, dispiritingly, is money. 是什么能让他做出这样的事情呢？令人沮丧的是，答案是钱。
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- The movie's special effects are impressive, but the atmosphere remains dispiritingly flat.
- All his shots went dispiritingly wide of the goal.
- Their success proved dispiritingly short-lived.
- Dispiritingly, only 30% of businesses so far have achieved the target.