adverb
- in a manner that causes someone to feel embarrassed, confused, or uneasy
Examples
- She stared at him discomfitingly, making him feel self-conscious.
- The silence that followed his joke was discomfitingly long.
- He shifted discomfitingly in his seat during the difficult conversation.
- The truth was discomfitingly close to what she had feared.
- The interviewer's questions were discomfitingly personal.
- The crowd's laughter felt discomfitingly directed at him.