Agonizingly
adverb
In a way that causes great physical or mental pain.
He waited agonizingly for the results of his exam.
Often appears as...
- agonizingly slow
- agonizingly close
adverb
In a way that is very slow and not happening as quickly as you want.
The process is moving ahead, but agonizingly slow.
Often appears as...
- agonizingly slow
- agonizingly long
Usage tips
Disapproving
adverb
In a way that causes great physical or mental pain.
He waited agonizingly for the results of his exam.
Often appears as...
- agonizingly slow
- agonizingly close
adverb
In a way that is very slow and not happening as quickly as you want.
The process is moving ahead, but agonizingly slow.
Often appears as...
- agonizingly slow
- agonizingly long
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Enhancer
Use 'agonizingly' to emphasize extreme suffering or discomfort.
She looked on agonizingly as the rescuers searched.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotive Language
'Agonizingly' conveys strong emotions and can intensify a situation's urgency.
He listened to the agonizingly sad melody.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Perception
Describes situations where time feels extended due to distress.
Each minute passed agonizingly as he waited.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Enhancer
Use 'agonizingly' to emphasize extreme suffering or discomfort.
She looked on agonizingly as the rescuers searched.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotive Language
'Agonizingly' conveys strong emotions and can intensify a situation's urgency.
He listened to the agonizingly sad melody.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Perception
Describes situations where time feels extended due to distress.
Each minute passed agonizingly as he waited.
Pro Tip 1/3Intensity Enhancer
Use 'agonizingly' to emphasize extreme suffering or discomfort.
She looked on agonizingly as the rescuers searched.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotive Language
'Agonizingly' conveys strong emotions and can intensify a situation's urgency.
He listened to the agonizingly sad melody.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Perception
Describes situations where time feels extended due to distress.
Each minute passed agonizingly as he waited.
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that you so often see in textbooks, we go out and we take a picture of it. So now we have the real deal. How long will it take it to fill it up? And then even better is we take a video, a video of someone filling it up. And it's filling up slowly, agonizingly slowly.
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In whatever guise - our own daily nightmares of war, intolerance, inhumanity or the struggles of an Assistant Pig-Keeper against the Lord of Death - the problems are agonizingly familiar. And an openness to compassion, love, and mercy is as essential to us here and now as it is to any inhabitant of an imaginary kingdom.
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Every entrepreneur knows how agonizingly difficult it is to make the decision to give it your all, knowing that failure is inevitable; the successful ones know that the only way to get back up is through learning from that failure.
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Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks.
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I remember well my first 300 baud modem, which dialed up and scrolled text at an agonizingly slow speed.
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Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East.
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Lloyd Alexander
American Writer
In whatever guise - our own daily nightmares of war, intolerance, inhumanity or the struggles of an Assistant Pig-Keeper against the Lord of Death - the problems are agonizingly familiar. And an openness to compassion, love, and mercy is as essential to us here and now as it is to any inhabitant of an imaginary kingdom.
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Fabrizio Moreira
Ecuadorian Politician
Every entrepreneur knows how agonizingly difficult it is to make the decision to give it your all, knowing that failure is inevitable; the successful ones know that the only way to get back up is through learning from that failure.
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Jonathan Raban
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Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks.
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Jared Polis
American Politician
I remember well my first 300 baud modem, which dialed up and scrolled text at an agonizingly slow speed.
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Chris Murphy
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Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East.
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