If you describe an experience or action as ~, you mean it is embarrassing because it shows a great lack of success. (FORMAL)
...their ~ defeat...
= humiliating
ADJ
~ly
Their soldiers had to retreat ~ly after losing hundreds of lives.
ADV: ADV with v
If you describe an experience or action as ~, you mean it is embarrassing because it shows a great lack of success. (FORMAL)
...their ~ defeat...
= humiliating
ADJ
~ly
Their soldiers had to retreat ~ly after losing hundreds of lives.
ADV: ADV with v
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012