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单词 excruciatingly
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Definition of excruciatingly in English:

excruciatingly

adverb ɛkˈskruːʃɪeɪtɪŋliɪkˈskruʃiˌeɪdɪŋli
  • 1To an intensely painful degree.

    it stings excruciatingly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After that excruciatingly torturous dentist appointment, it's back home.
    • The alto flute is heavy and tiring to play, and any piece longer than about 10 minutes without breaks is excruciatingly painful to perform!
    • "I'm guessing she died excruciatingly slowly from the bleeding, and not too long ago," he said.
    • His hands were bound excruciatingly tightly to the thick steel pole running along the back of his neck.
    • The music was loud. Excruciatingly loud.
    • His jaw had to be chiseled away at, literally gouged out in an excruciatingly painful operation that took almost an hour.
    • The cuts are treated with tigasso (tree oil) and are excruciatingly painful until they heal, though it is said they rarely become infected.
    • The ride was excruciatingly painful.
    • Early on during the descent, Joe broke his leg, forcing Simon to lower him down by two 150 ft. ropes, in an excruciatingly slow and painful manner for both climbers.
    • "There were days it was so excruciatingly cold that you thought that your ears were literally going to crack off the side of your head," he recalls.
    1. 1.1as submodifier Used to emphasize how embarrassing, awkward, or tedious something is.
      the day passed excruciatingly slowly
      I was excruciatingly shy at that age
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To most people, science and mathematics are excruciatingly dull.
      • When the most basic things aren't being done, or done so excruciatingly badly, it just makes me despair.
      • Peta's meetings with strangers are sometimes funny, occasionally ridiculous or excruciatingly embarrassing.
      • The drive had been excruciatingly silent in the twenty minutes it had taken them to exit the city and venture along the main highway.
      • The hours that followed were some of the most excruciatingly frustrating I have ever experienced.
      • I'm short, skinny and have excruciatingly underdeveloped social skills.
      • The poor actress overacts excruciatingly as the vengefully posh blueblood.
      • For a tearjerker with modest ambitions, this film is excruciatingly inept.
      • This storyline is dragged out excruciatingly.
      • Although the Portuguese advance southwards was excruciatingly slow, once the cape had been rounded by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 progress in the Indian Ocean was nothing short of spectacular.
 
 

Definition of excruciatingly in US English:

excruciatingly

adverbɪkˈskruʃiˌeɪdɪŋliikˈskro͞oSHēˌādiNGlē
  • 1To an intensely painful degree.

    it stings excruciatingly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ride was excruciatingly painful.
    • His hands were bound excruciatingly tightly to the thick steel pole running along the back of his neck.
    • The music was loud. Excruciatingly loud.
    • "I'm guessing she died excruciatingly slowly from the bleeding, and not too long ago," he said.
    • His jaw had to be chiseled away at, literally gouged out in an excruciatingly painful operation that took almost an hour.
    • Early on during the descent, Joe broke his leg, forcing Simon to lower him down by two 150 ft. ropes, in an excruciatingly slow and painful manner for both climbers.
    • The cuts are treated with tigasso (tree oil) and are excruciatingly painful until they heal, though it is said they rarely become infected.
    • The alto flute is heavy and tiring to play, and any piece longer than about 10 minutes without breaks is excruciatingly painful to perform!
    • "There were days it was so excruciatingly cold that you thought that your ears were literally going to crack off the side of your head," he recalls.
    • After that excruciatingly torturous dentist appointment, it's back home.
    1. 1.1as submodifier Used to emphasize how embarrassing, awkward, or tedious something is.
      the day passed excruciatingly slowly
      I was excruciatingly shy at that age
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This storyline is dragged out excruciatingly.
      • The poor actress overacts excruciatingly as the vengefully posh blueblood.
      • The drive had been excruciatingly silent in the twenty minutes it had taken them to exit the city and venture along the main highway.
      • The hours that followed were some of the most excruciatingly frustrating I have ever experienced.
      • Although the Portuguese advance southwards was excruciatingly slow, once the cape had been rounded by Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 progress in the Indian Ocean was nothing short of spectacular.
      • Peta's meetings with strangers are sometimes funny, occasionally ridiculous or excruciatingly embarrassing.
      • I'm short, skinny and have excruciatingly underdeveloped social skills.
      • When the most basic things aren't being done, or done so excruciatingly badly, it just makes me despair.
      • To most people, science and mathematics are excruciatingly dull.
      • For a tearjerker with modest ambitions, this film is excruciatingly inept.
 
 
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