agonizingly

ag·o·nize (

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v. ag·o·nized, ag·o·niz·ing, ag·o·niz·es

v.intr.

1. To suffer extreme pain or great anguish.

2. To make a great effort; struggle.

v.tr.

To cause great pain or anguish to. See Synonyms at afflict.

[Medieval Latin agnizre, from Greek agnizesthai, to struggle, from agn, contest; see agony.]

ago·nizing·ly adv.

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Adv.

agonizingly - in a very painful manner; "the progress was agonizingly slow"

excruciatingly, torturously

Translations

agonizingly [ˈægənaɪzɪŋlɪ] ADV (= painfully) → dolorosamente
it was agonizingly painful → era atrozmente doloroso
agonizingly close → angustiosamente cerca
agonizingly slow → terriblemente or desesperantemente lento

agonizingly [ˈægənaɪzɪŋli] agonisingly (British) adv

[slow] → terriblement
Progress was agonizingly slow → Les progrÃ¨s Ã©taient terriblement lents.

[hurt] → atrocement

agonizingly

adv → qualvoll; agonizingly slow → aufreizend langsam

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agonize agony excruciatingly primal therapy slowness torturously	There only, in the carriage that had crossed over to the other side of the road, and was rapidly disappearing, there only could he find the solution of the riddle of his life, which had weighed so agonizingly upon him of late. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context And all the while, jet after jet of white smoke was agonizingly shot from the spiracle of the whale, and vehement puff after puff from the mouth of the excited headsman; as at every dart, hauling in upon his crooked lance (by the line attached to it), Stubb straightened it again and again, by a few rapid blows against the gunwale, then again and again sent it into the whale. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context That affair was the same thing as this soldier with the harsh voice, and it was that affair and this soldier that were so agonizingly, incessantly pulling and pressing his arm and always dragging it in one direction. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context	Agnus Scythicus ago agog agogics Agoing agon agonadal agonal agone agones agonic agonic line Agonidae agonise agonised agonising Agonism agonist agonistic agonistical Agonistically agonistics agonize agonized agonizing agonizingly Agonothete Agonothetic Agonus Agonus cataphractus agony agony aunt agony column Agood agora agoramania agoraphobe agoraphobia agoraphobic Agostini Agostino di Duccio Agouara Agouta agouti AGP AGR agr- agr. Agra Agrace agraffe	Agonistic behavior Agonistic behaviour agonistic muscle agonistic muscle agonistic muscle Agonistic pluralism Agonistic pluralist agonistical agonistical agonistically agonistically Agonistics Agonistics Agonistics Agonistiko Dimokratiko Kinima Agonistiko Sosialistiko Komma Elladas Agonists Agonists Agonists agonize agonize agonize agonize agonize over agonized agonized agonizes agonizes agonizing agonizing agonizingly Agonomycetes Agonothete Agonothetes Agonothetic Agonus Agonus cataphractus agony agony agony agony Agony (disambiguation) Agony (disambiguation) Agony (disambiguation) agony aunt Agony aunts agony clot agony clot agony clot agony clot agony column agony columns Agony in the Garden Agony uncle agony uncles Agood Agop AGOPS AGOR agora agora

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There only, in the carriage that had crossed over to the other side of the road, and was rapidly disappearing, there only could he find the solution of the riddle of his life, which had weighed so agonizingly upon him of late.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

And all the while, jet after jet of white smoke was agonizingly shot from the spiracle of the whale, and vehement puff after puff from the mouth of the excited headsman; as at every dart, hauling in upon his crooked lance (by the line attached to it), Stubb straightened it again and again, by a few rapid blows against the gunwale, then again and again sent it into the whale.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

That affair was the same thing as this soldier with the harsh voice, and it was that affair and this soldier that were so agonizingly, incessantly pulling and pressing his arm and always dragging it in one direction.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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