0 in a way that is unfriendly or likely to be unpleasant or harmful: --
Because of the courts' archaic procedures and present organisation, they remain forbiddingly inaccessible to many potential plaintiffs.
So why then should the demand for expensive ceremonies in this shrunken market be so pronounced - so much as to sustain initiation fees at forbiddingly high levels ?
I n the context of the present investigation, this approach was considered forbiddingly time-consuming and was not pursued.
The restaurant was new and forbiddingly smart.
She remembered her home as forbiddingly formal.
The temperature drops forbiddingly in some of the surrounding areas in winter.
