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}]