"torturingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more torturingly [comparative], most torturingly [superlative]
Etymology: From torturing + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|torturing|ly}} torturing + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} torturingly (comparative more torturingly, superlative most torturingly)
  1. So as to torture.
    Sense id: en-torturingly-en-adv-d1wkLzSJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10
  2. Extremely; painfully
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          "text": "The ground soon becomes torturingly hard, and she is bitten all over by insects. The worst thing is the cold. It creeps in upon her, and she cringes into a ball to escape from it.",
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