excruciatingly
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I could recommend Miss Manners’ Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior as not merely infallible but also a great American prose event; Judith Martin’s drollery glints like a sterling silver carving fork.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2015
Her first collection of admonitions, Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior, hit the bestseller lists in 1982.
From Time Magazine Archive
Excruciatingly slow at his studies, Rex despaired of ever amounting to anything.
From Time Magazine Archive
Excruciatingly funny to watch the stampede, after the loud “One—two—three—and away!”
From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Earnshaw, Elizabeth
