agonizingly

1. 1.

   in a very painful manner

   “the progress was agonizingly slow”

   Synonymsexcruciatinglytorturously

Questions about agonizingly

What does agonizingly mean?

agonizingly means "in a very painful manner".

How many syllables are in agonizingly?

agonizingly has 5 syllables: ag-o-ni-zin-gly. The stress falls on "ag". In IPA it is /ˈæɡəˌnaɪzɪŋˌli/.

What is another word for agonizingly?

Close synonyms include excruciatingly, torturously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is agonizingly a common word?

agonizingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.