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    painfully
    /ˈpeɪnfʊli/

    adverb

    • 1. in a painful manner or to a painful degree: "she coughed painfully"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › painfullyPAINFULLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Painfully means in a way that causes pain or unpleasant or not wanted. Learn how to use this adverb with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › painfullyPAINFULLY Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam ...

    Painfully means with feelings of bitterness or grief, as in bitterly. Find 90 similar and opposite words for painfully, such as bitterly, sadly, sorrowfully, and blissfully.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › painfullyPAINFULLY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    PAINFULLY meaning: 1. in a way that causes pain: 2. used to emphasize a quality, action, or situation that is…. Learn more.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › painfullyPainfully - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    If something occurs in a way that causes pain, it happens painfully. This can range from painfully pulling a muscle when you're playing tennis to painfully coughing when you've got a sore throat.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › painfullyPAINFULLY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. adverb. You use painfully to emphasize a quality or situation that is undesirable. [emphasis] Things are moving painfully slowly. ...a painfully shy young man. I am painfully aware that staff have a heavy work schedule. 2. See also painful. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › painfullyPAINFULLY | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    PAINFULLY definition: 1. in a painful way: 2. If a problem is painfully clear/obvious, etc, it is embarrassing because…. Learn more.

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › painfully_advpainfully adverb - Oxford English Dictionary

    Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Factsheet. What does the adverb painfully mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adverb painfully. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the adverb painfully?