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excruciatingly

/ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋli/

excruciatingly adverb: in an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.

Adverb

excruciatingly (comparative more excruciatingly, superlative most excruciatingly)

  1. In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.
    • The gunshot wound was excruciatingly painful.
    • My hunger was now tormenting me excruciatingly, and gave me no rest.1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 92
  2. In a very intense or extreme manner.

Forms of excruciatingly

comparativemore excruciatingly
superlativemost excruciatingly

Origin of excruciatingly

From excruciating + -ly.

Questions about excruciatingly

What does excruciatingly mean?
Excruciatingly means in an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.
What part of speech is excruciatingly?
Excruciatingly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce excruciatingly?
Excruciatingly is pronounced /ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋli/.

Words near excruciatingly in the dictionary

  1. excruciate
  2. excruciated
  3. excruciates
  4. excruciateth
  5. excruciating
  6. excruciatingly
  7. excruciation
  8. excruciations
  9. excruciator
  10. excruciators
  11. excrudescence

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