lingeringly

Adverb

(comparative more lingeringly, superlative most lingeringly)

In a lingering manner, persistently, tending to remain.

Origin

lingering +‎ -ly

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A horrible reign of terror ensued, in the course of which the ex-tsaritsa Eudoxia was dragged from her monastery and publicly tried for alleged adultery, while all who had in any way befriended Alexius were impaled, broken on the wheel and otherwise lingeringly done to death.

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