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    painfully
    /ˈpeɪnfʊli/

    adverb

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

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPAINFULLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPAINFULLY | 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.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › painfullyPainfully Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. a. : feeling or giving pain. a painful injury. b. : irksome, annoying. 2. : requiring effort or exertion. a long painful trip. 3. archaic : careful, diligent. painfully. ˈpān-f (ə-)lē. adverb. painfulness. ˈpān-fəl-nəs. noun. Synonyms. aching. achy.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPAINFULLY 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.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishpainfully adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of painfully adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › painfullyPainfully - definition of painfully by The Free Dictionary

    adj. 1. Full of or giving pain: a painful shoulder; painful walking. 2. a. Causing mental anguish or suffering: It was painful for him to admit he was wrong. b. Distressing or embarrassing: A painful silence followed his remark. c. Requiring care and labor; difficult or irksome: a painful way of fixing the problem. 3.

  8. 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.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishPAINFULLY | 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.

  10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › painfullypainfully | meaning of painfully in Longman Dictionary of...

    From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pain‧ful‧ly /ˈpeɪnfəli/ adverb 1 very – used to emphasize a bad or harmful quality that someone or something has painfully thin arms As a teenager, I was painfully shy. The road to peace is a painfully slow process.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › painfully_advpainfully, adv. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    /ˈpeɪnf (ə)li/ PAYN-fuh-lee. See pronunciation. Where does the adverb painfully come from? Earliest known use. Middle English. The earliest known use of the adverb painfully is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for painfully is from around 1440, in Privity of Passion.