excruciatingly

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/ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋli//ɪkˈskɹuːsiːeɪtɪŋli/

adverb

In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.

“The gunshot wound was excruciatingly painful.”

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Meanings

adverbexcruciatingly (comparative more excruciatingly, superlative most 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.

    1 more example

    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.

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a very painful manner

Similar
agonizinglytorturously
Also see
agonizinglytorturously

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From excruciating + -ly.

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Translations

Italian straziantemente
  • straziantementein a manner causing great pain or anguish
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APA

excruciatingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excruciatingly

MLA

“excruciatingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excruciatingly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excruciatingly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excruciatingly.

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