What is "painfully" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does painfully mean in English? Meaning of painfully definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "painfully" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "painfully": unpleasantly

Adverb

  • Meaning: unpleasantly
  • Example: his ignorance was painfully obvious
  • Synonyms: distressingly painfully
  • Meaning of "painfully": in or as if in pain

    Adverb

  • Meaning: in or as if in pain
  • Example: she moved painfully forward sorely wounded
  • Synonyms: painfully sorely
  • Antonyms: painlessly
  • Synonyms:

    sorely, achingly, in pain, in suffering, with difficulty, carefully, slowly, painstakingly, tortuously,

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    painfully in English: painfully
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