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demandingly
adverb
uk /dɪˈmɑːn.dɪŋ.li/ us /dɪˈmæn.dɪŋ.li/
in a way that needs a lot of time, attention, or energy:
The standard required is demandingly high.
The texts are demandingly long to read.
in a way that is not easily satisfied or asks other people to work hard:
As an employer, she could be demandingly difficult.
"Have you done it yet?" she asked demandingly.
She had exploded into his life suddenly and demandingly.
She speaks demandingly swiftly so her students sometimes find her difficult to understand.
The cat always sits demandingly outside my bedroom door in the mornings.
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