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demandingly

American  
[di-mand-ing-lee] / dɪˈmænd ɪŋ li /

adverb

  1. in a demanding way, tone, etc.; imperiously, forcefully, or urgently.


Other Word Forms

  • undemandingly adverb

Example Sentences

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They need it, too: Kelli Barclay’s tap-driven dance routines are demandingly spectacular and endlessly resourceful.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2018

McCartney’s voice has long operated in a demandingly high range, and at 73, he had to push to reach some of the highest notes he wrote for himself all those years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2016

The standards they have set for themselves this season have been demandingly high — lofty enough to match their league-high payroll.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2016

Though her alter ego saxophonist Jim Tomlinson and fine guitarist John Parricelli are on hand, there's perhaps not so much in this music for the more demandingly jazz-dependent.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010

Perhaps the thought came to her that a wife need not ask so much, ask so demandingly that a man must yield his finest dreams, his every hour to fulfill her wishes.

From Suzanna Stirs the Fire by Blake, Emily Calvin