Example Sentences

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"Gilbert Blythe has hurt my feelings EXCRUCIATINGLY, Diana."

From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

"EXCRUCIATINGLY FUNNY," says The World, is "English as she is Spoke, or a Jest in Sober thought."

From English as she is spoke or, A jest in sober earnest by Fonseca, José da