Excruciating \Ex*cru"ci*a`ting\
Torturing; racking. ``Excruciating pain.'' --V. Knox.
``Excruciating fears.'' --Bentley -- {Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly},
adv.
excruciatingly
adv : in a very painful manner; "the progress was agonizingly
slow" [syn: {agonizingly}, {torturously}]