excruciatingly

1. 1.

   in a very painful manner

   “the progress was agonizingly slow”

   Synonymsagonizinglytorturously

Questions about excruciatingly

What does excruciatingly mean?

excruciatingly means "in a very painful manner".

How many syllables are in excruciatingly?

excruciatingly has 6 syllables: ex-cru-ci-a-tin-gly. The stress falls on "cru". In IPA it is /ˌɛkˈskɹusiˌeɪtɪŋli/.

What is another word for excruciatingly?

Close synonyms include agonizingly, 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 excruciatingly a common word?

excruciatingly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.