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   painfully

   /ˈpeɪnfʊli/

   adverb

   • 1. in a painful manner or to a painful degree: "she coughed painfully"
   • ▪ (with reference to something undesirable) exceedingly: "progress was painfully slow"

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   What does painfully mean?

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   What is the meaning of painful?

   • Distressing or embarrassing: A painful silence followed his remark. c. Requiring care and labor; difficult or irksome: a painful way of fixing the problem. Marked by or requiring great care and diligence: gave the matter painful consideration. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   What does it mean if something causes pain?

   • 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.

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   What is the opposite of painfully?

   • Synonyms for PAINFULLY: in pain, achingly, in suffering, racked by pain, sorely, with-difficulty, painstakingly, slowly, tortuously, distressingly, sorely; Antonyms for PAINFULLY: painlessly.

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   The meaning of PAINFUL is feeling or giving pain. How to use painful in a sentence.

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   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.

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   adverb. /ˈpeɪnfəli/ extremely, and in a way that makes you feel annoyed, upset, etc. Their son was painfully shy. The dog was painfully thin. He was painfully aware of his lack of experience. Progress has been painfully slow. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

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   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.

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   Painfully means causing or showing pain, or very difficult or unpleasant. It can be used as an adjective or an adverb. See synonyms, antonyms, translations and examples of painfully.