In a way that causes loss of hope or enthusiasm; in a discouraging manner.
Formed by adding -ly to the adjective dispiriting, creating an adverb that describes how something acts or appears to cause discouragement.
Notice how we can keep stacking suffixes: dispirit → dispiriting → dispiritingly, with each layer adding grammatical function while keeping the core meaning intact—this shows English's modular system for building complex words.
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