defeatingly

English

Etymology

From defeating +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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.