painfully

UK /ˈpeɪnfəli/ US /ˈpeɪnfəli/

adv 2

Definitions

adv

In a painful manner; as if in pain.

I limped painfully down the stairs.

The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.

Badly; poorly.

That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.

ADJ.

apparent, clear, cringeworthy, loud, most, obvious, shy, skinny

VERB + PAINFULLY

answer, became, become, glare, impinged, limped, studying, wound

PAINFULLY + NOUN

people, rendition, stairs

PREP.

down, in, on

adverb — unpleasantly

adverb — in or as if in pain

I limped painfully down the stairs.

Wiktionary

The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.

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That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.

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The sudden glare impinged painfully on his eyes.

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He was painfully thin.

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Your words wound painfully.

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