torturously
- r in a very painful manner
- The only slim hope of survival is to crawl torturously up through the gutted bowels of the ship toward the hull, where the steel is thinnest, hoping that after agonizing hours .
- For 20 months young Henley lay on his back, while the daring Lister torturously scraped the infected foot bones with antisepticized instruments.
- Requests for instructions were making their way torturously up the chain of command.