punishingly

Adverb

Meaning

in a punishing manner

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Synonyms

heavily penalty hardly punish densely intensely punishing forfeit cruelly gravely painfully arduously laboriously excruciatingly killingly
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Antonyms

quietly calmly humbly peacefully rewardingly with flying colours
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Examples

It’s an almost punishingly chaotic film, though each line of overlapping dialogue and jittery camera move is carefully orchestrated. Source: Internet

London theatre, the flagship of the UK’s £10.8bn arts sector, was hit punishingly hard by Lockdown 1; its revenue streams and its raison d’être — liveness — cut off, its infrastructure financially draining, its mostly freelance workforce hung out to dry. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

punisher punishing punishing decree punishingness punishment punishment by execution