Definition of "gut-wrenchingly" [gut-wrenchingly]

• In a gut-wrenching way. (adverb)

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• "I generally find him well-reasoned and gut-wrenchingly humorous."
• "And yet, in what is one of the most gut-wrenchingly horrible parts of the 23 page grand jury report, McQueary states that both Sandusky and the victim saw him during the act."
• "I might agree were the film not executed with perversely stunning perfection by filmmaker Miguel Ángel Vivas, whose gut-wrenchingly precise timing, effective but not manipulative use of emotional drama, and confident aesthetic risks (including some de Palma-esque split-screens), make for a memorable film that uses small-scale convention to explore a universal idea; man's capacity for both courage and evil."