Definitions
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- adverb In a
draining manner; so as tosap one'senergy .
Etymologies
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draining + -ly
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Examples
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I didn't mind whether it was high-quality or not, he said of his 6-4, 6-1 result on another drainingly hot day.
Andy Murray shows lean and mean side in beating David Nalbandian 2011
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And that's more or less all you get, again and again, for a drainingly bleak hour.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Michael Deacon 2011
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