adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] To an excruciating degree; in an extremely painful manner. Often hyperbolically in humorous use.
1808. Ann. Reg. 1806, 878. His sarcasm was … excruciatingly severe.
1838. Dickens, Nich. Nick., xxxiv. Why is she so excruciatingly beautiful?
1861. Bumstead, Ven. Dis. (1879), 182. Emissions … which are excruciatingly painful.
1865. Miss Braddon, Sir Jasper, xxxiii. A negro melody of an excruciatingly lively character.
