Definition of "dispiritingly" []

• In a dispiriting manner. (adverb)

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• "But more quantifiable was his inability to command the obedience and loyalty of his players while imposing his dispiritingly old-fashioned hoof and hope tactics on a decent set of players he was forever deriding as inadequate."
• "It's even worse when it takes a mediocre movie and remakes it into something dispiritingly witless like Arthur."
• "Phelim O'NeillFor a show sold as a stylish, cerebral antidote to the morass of CSI-style procedurals, The Killing seems dispiritingly formulaic, with the same dubious coincidences and red herrings popping up each week."