torturingly
adverb
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adv
Etymology: From torturing + -ly.
- So as to torture.
“The ground soon becomes torturingly hard, and she is bitten all over by insects. The worst thing is the cold. It creeps in upon her, and she cringes into a ball to escape from it.”
“An host of furies Could not have baited me more torturingly , More rudely , or more most unnaturally!”
- Extremely; painfully