From torturous + -ly.
torturously (not comparable)
- 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.