What does punishingly mean?
Punishingly means So as to punish..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
So as to punish..
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[.]
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Punishingly means So as to punish..
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punishingly hot weather
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