punishingly
adverb
uk/ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ.li/us/ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ.li/in a way that is verydifficultto do orcopewith, or makes youfeelverytired:
a punishinglyheavyworkload
Instead ofgainingmomentum, thesagaturnspunishinglydull.
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punishing
- ThemonthofJanuarywas punishinglycold.
- Punishingly hardworkandfinancialinstabilitytookitstoll.
- Ourpropertytaxesare punishingly high.
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- fierce
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- obstinately
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
- unwieldy