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Etymology

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tortured +‎ -ly

Adverb

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torturedly (comparative more torturedly, superlative most torturedly)

  1. In a tortured manner.
    • 2007, Bruce Babington, A history of the New Zealand fiction feature film, page 214:
      At one point he torturedly mimics his own emotions to provide Lucy's gasps as she lies dying of syphilis.