Punishingly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Punishingly is an adverb meaning So as to punish.
Meaning
So as to punish.
More Meanings
- In a way that is tiring or exhausting.
Example Sentences
punishingly hot weather
Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reprimandingly, punitively, torturingly, excoriatingly, punishably, scourgingly.
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