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Definition of agonizingly adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

agonizingly

adverb

/ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋli/

/ˈæɡənaɪzɪŋli/

(British English also agonisingly)

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used meaning ‘extremely’ to emphasize something negative
- an agonizingly slow process
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Agonizingly is used with these adjectives:
slow
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See agonizingly in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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