challenging
adjective
offering a challenge; testing one's ability, endurance, etc.
challengingly
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a word derived from
challenging.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps most challengingly, Goldman Sachs wanted all numbers, from a skinny 1 to an obese 8, to line up perfectly in a financial table.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2020
Our childhood was rich and remarkable, though its reality was challengingly remote as well as extremely dependent on the seasons and the bounty of the land and sea.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2020
“Rent,” based on Puccini’s “La Boheme,” has a challengingly slippery plot to begin with: Perhaps Larson would have refined the structure had he lived to see his show’s official opening.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2019
Fortunately, this graceful production captures more than enough of this challengingly frolicsome yet ultimately piercing play to win us over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2016
Matthias yelled up challengingly, “Ha, I’ll bet you couldn’t fight Asmodeus!”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
