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Meaning of harrowingly in English:

‘Chekhov's short story ‘Peasants' harrowingly captures the nastiness, brutishness and shortness of life in a village of the time.’

‘A harrowingly metaphorical building, the Jewish Museum exemplifies the preoccupation with symbolism in Berlin's new architecture.’
‘This is one of the finest accounts of a Greek play I have seen, and Claire Higgins's harrowingly passionate performance is great.’
‘She did not seem to flinch from the subject, though she portrayed it harrowingly.’
‘The rapes of Boudica and her daughters by the Roman invaders are harrowingly shown.’