excruciatingly

The two Test matches this month have been excruciatingly close; England have been the width of a post and a fumbled kick-off away from winning both games.

“Projects that haven’t been permitted will go through excruciatingly long review periods,” he predicted.

But Fargeat is a messy feminist — a Carrie-on-a-killing-spree-at-the-prom feminist — who, rightly and excruciatingly, insists that her heroine is her own worst enemy.

PDT Tuesday, in a debate that could again change the course of what has been an excruciatingly close contest.

Obviously two one hundredths off gold is excruciatingly frustrating.