punishingly

comparative more punishingly · superlative most punishingly

1. So as to punish.
2. In a way that is tiring or exhausting.

   punishingly hot weather

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   Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]

   1993 July 28, Charles R. Morris, “It's Not the Economy, Stupid”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2025