1. in a way that causes great physical or mental suffering
2. in an extremely slow, difficult, or complicated way

Examples

• The injured hiker moved torturously down the mountain trail.
• She torturously recalled every detail of the embarrassing incident.
• The negotiations proceeded torturously through months of deadlock.
• He torturously worked through each math problem step by step.
• The old computer loaded the program torturously slowly.
• The witness torturously recounted the traumatic events.
• Traffic moved torturously through the construction zone.