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disappointedly

[dis-uh-poin-tid] Origin

dis·ap·point·ed

[dis-uh-poin-tid]
adjective
1.
depressed or discouraged by the failure of one's hopes or expectations: a disappointed suitor.
2.
Obsolete. inadequately appointed; ill-equipped.

Origin:
1545–55; disappoint + -ed2

dis·ap·point·ed·ly, adverb
un·dis·ap·point·ed, adjective
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disappointed (ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd)
 
adj
saddened by the failure of an expectation, etc
 
disap'pointedly
 
adv

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disappointed
1550s, pp. adj. from disappoint.
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