grueling

grueling
gruelingly, adv.
/grooh"euh ling, grooh"ling/, adj.
1. exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
n.
2. any trying or exhausting procedure or experience.
Also, esp. Brit., gruelling.
[1850-55; slang gruel punishment (n.), punish (v.) + -ING2, -ING1]

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