"punishingly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From punishing + -ly.",
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      "form": "more punishingly",
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  "pos": "adv",
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        "So as to punish."
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          "text": "punishingly hot weather"
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        "In a way that is tiring or exhausting."
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          "exhausting"
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  "word": "punishingly"
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