punishingly
adverb
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adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English punishing Middle English -ly English -ly English punishingly From punishing + -ly.
- So as to punish.
- In a way that is tiring or exhausting.
“punishingly hot weather”
“Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]”