torturously
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8.9
- adverb
- /ˈtɔːrtʃərəsli/
- Offensive
- Do all assigned books have to be so torturously boring?
- torturously slow
Examples
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The patient's recovery was torturously slow, filled with many setbacks and challenges.
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Vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) bites his lip torturously every chance he gets.
Blog text (10) -
So Death decided to have a little fun and torturously take each soul one by one.
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Begin torturously slow dunking mechanism.
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It quickly became clear that Mrs. X had arranged for me to arrive everywhere torturously early.
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What followed was a torturously long night, listening to the howling wind in anticipation of another life-threatening catastrophe, which we were sure would occur because our home is surrounded by towering trees.
Blog text (6) -
This five-year-old me has the unholy patience of a glacier, which means that my father must contend not only with half a thousand puzzle pieces but with my method of torturously trying them one after another in a single amoebic opening.
Fiction book (1993) -
Like all hospital elevators, this one was torturously slow, and while we inched upward to the leukemia ward, the paper bag howled and screamed in irrepressible hilarity.
Fiction book (1992) -
The meeting felt torturously long, dragging on for hours without any resolution.
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He described his run through the hills as torturously exhausting and painful.
Synonyms
93
3.7
In a way that causes physical or emotional pain
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8.2
In a very painful or strong way
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7.4
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
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8.1
In a way that causes strong emotional pain
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7.2
In a way that feels very painful or shocking
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8.8
In a way that causes great fear or pain
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8.0
In a way that shows quiet pain and patience
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8.5
In a way that causes someone a lot of pain or worry
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Torturously comes from the word torture, which itself comes from an old root meaning 'to twist'. Because a twist can hurt, something done torturously is done in a slow, very painful or agonizing way.