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Meaning of torturingly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

So as to torture.
Extremely; painfully

Examples

“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!”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

torturously tory-rory tosh toshly tossily tossingly