 painfully |
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| 1. | [ adverb ] unpleasantly | |
| Synonyms: | distressingly | |
| Examples: | "his ignorance was painfully obvious" |
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| Related terms: | atrocious deplorable atrocious deplorable | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] in or as if in pain | |
| Synonyms: | sorely | |
| Examples: | "she moved painfully forward" "sorely wounded" |
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| Related terms: | painlessly painful sensitive sensitive | |
| Similar spelling: |
painful painfulness panoply pain_pill |
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