torturously

English

Etymology

torturous +‎ -ly

Adverb

torturously (not comparable)

1. In a torturous fashion, or as if in torture
   • 2009 January 16, Roberta Smith, “Amid Intimate Galleries, a Jewel of a Painting Collection”, in New York Times:

     Yet this sign of growth and hope is framed by a triangle of spindly wood that subtly evokes torturously stretched arms, as on the Cross.