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torturingly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From torturing + -ly.

  1. 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!

  2. Extremely; painfully