Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a tormenting manner; in a manner productive of suffering.

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  • adverb In a tormenting manner.

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Examples

  • “The punishment of my imprudence in the use of my name and loss of credit is perhaps what I deserve but it is nevertheless severe on my family and on my account, I feel it most tormentingly.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • “The punishment of my imprudence in the use of my name and loss of credit is perhaps what I deserve but it is nevertheless severe on my family and on my account, I feel it most tormentingly.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • To the south, in the island of Zante, the capital town blazed beneath a rain of incandescent cinders that fell upon the flesh so tormentingly that both men and dogs went mad.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • The pace was tormentingly slow on that completely plastic, unpaved road, and from time to time the wagon bogged to its axles in mud.

    Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000

  • The pace was tormentingly slow on that completely plastic, unpaved road, and from time to time the wagon bogged to its axles in mud.

    Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000

  •  His mouth left hers, descending to the taut fullness of her breast, his tongue circling the nipple tormentingly.

    Falcon's Prey Jordan, Penny 1997

  • She shivered as she heard the words whisper tormentingly against her aroused flesh.

    Passionate Relationship Jordan, Penny 1997

  • His tongue touched the sensitive flesh, lightly, rhythmically, tormentingly, until she cried out his name and slid her hands to his shoulders, arching her body upwards and shuddering in frantic pleasure as she felt his response to her need and totally abandoned herself to the fierce tug of his mouth against her breast.

    Desire for Revenge Jordan, Penny 1997

  • Her breasts, so sensitive to his touch, ached tormentingly as he dragged away the unwanted barrier of cotton.

    So Close and No Closer Jordan, Penny, 1946- 1989

  • She gasped out loud as his hand swept down the side of her body and across the taut muscles of her belly, unerrinqy finding the place where she ached and pulsed so tormentingly, and as though he knew immediately how great her need was he picked her up and carried her, not into her own room, but into, i his, depositing her gently on the large bed.

    So Close and No Closer Jordan, Penny, 1946- 1989

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