punishingly

English

Etymology

From punishing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

punishingly (comparative more punishingly, superlative most punishingly)

  1. So as to punish.
  2. In a way that is tiring or exhausting.
    punishingly hot weather
    • 1993 July, Charles R. Morris, “It's Not the Economy, Stupid”, in The Atlantic‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 November 2025:
      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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