agonizingly

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) agonisingly

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.

Translations

in a way that causes agony

• Esperanto: angorige
• Portuguese: agonizantemente