British spelling: in an extremely painful or distressing manner; with great suffering or difficulty.
The adverbial form of 'agonising,' created by adding the '-ly' suffix to the British spelling adjective.
When something happens 'agonisingly' slowly or 'agonisingly' silent, the adverb adds a dimension of unbearable tension—it's not just slow, it's painfully, torturously slow.
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