agonizingly

English

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Etymology

agonizing +‎ -ly

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ.li/

Adverb

agonizingly (comparative more agonizingly, superlative most agonizingly)

  1. In an agonizing manner; in a way that causes agony.
    The hour I waited for the pain medication to take effect dragged on agonizingly.
    Friday afternoons always seem to be agonizingly prolonged.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 261:
      Leisurely the long hours ticked into nothingness, yet there was no sound from him. Would he go in the night, as he did before from Stein's, without a word? Ursula's heart quickened agonizingly, though she lay still, tingling with the thought.

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