excruciatingly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English excruciating

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English excruciatingly

From excruciating + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈskɹuːʃiːeɪtɪŋli/, /ɪkˈskɹuːsiːeɪtɪŋli/

Adverb

excruciatingly (comparative more excruciatingly, superlative most excruciatingly)

1. In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great anguish or pain.

   The gunshot wound was excruciatingly painful.

   • 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part II”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 92:

     My hunger was now tormenting me excruciatingly, and gave me no rest.

2. In a very intense or extreme manner.

Related terms

• cruciate
• excruciate
• excruciating

Translations

in a manner causing great pain or anguish

• Italian: straziantemente (it)

in a very intense or extreme manner