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torturously

torturously adverb: in a torturous fashion, or as if in torture.

Adverb

torturously (not comparable)

  1. In a torturous fashion, or as if in torture
    • Yet this sign of growth and hope is framed by a triangle of spindly wood that subtly evokes torturously stretched arms, as on the Cross.2009 January 16, Roberta Smith, “Amid Intimate Galleries, a Jewel of a Painting Collection”, in New York Times

Origin of torturously

From torturous + -ly.

Questions about torturously

What does torturously mean?
Torturously means in a torturous fashion, or as if in torture.
What part of speech is torturously?
Torturously is an adverb.

Words near torturously in the dictionary

  1. tortureth
  2. torturing
  3. torturingly
  4. torturings
  5. torturous
  6. torturously
  7. tortury
  8. torty
  9. toruffle
  10. toruffled
  11. torula

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