painfully
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3.7
- adverb
- /ˈpeɪn.fəl.i/
:
dolorosamente
- I'm sharing my life with him, so I'm painfully aware of all the stupid things that come out of his mouth.
- painfully aware
- painfully clear
- painfully evident
It's changing, but it's painfully difficult to change.
- It's changing, but it's painfully difficult to change.
- And that those animations that were made painfully complicated with Flash.
- And she told Warner that she has had painfully and reluctantly scrapped them.
- We were just painfully dumb then and now we're just not.
- It means painfully acknowledging that this is what it is.
- It's not that they can't be a painfully long drawn out process.
- So doing anything on it is painfully slow these days.
- And the curtain slowly, painfully closes like this.
- And in that way, the more that you work, the more painfully you become aware of your deficiencies.
- I was a loser, terribly, painfully shy.
- And the manipulations to stay close to the parents may be more painfully held in adulthood.
- Acts of hate and racism, whether online or in in person, are painfully visible these days.
- Her hand goes out like she was painfully shy.
Examples
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The Army's advance through the forest is painfully slow.
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He was a painfully shy child... ...until it came time for his monthly haircut.
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It's changing, but it's painfully difficult to change.
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Like, like it's been painfully slow for me.
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The memory of the previous evening was still painfully sharp in his mind.
Fiction book (1990) -
It became painfully clear there was nothing I possessed.
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You know, girls who don't have a lot of friends, who the boys ignore must be so painfully lonely.
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Many health professionals were already painfully aware of the prevalence of mistrust within communities of color.
Academic text (1997) -
It's painfully obvious, Raymond.
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The test was painfully difficult, leaving many students feeling frustrated.
Synonyms
16
8.2
In a very painful or strong way
6
7.2
In a way that causes great harm, pain, or sadness
5
6.6
In a way that shows deep pain or longing
4
7.4
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
3
6.5
In a way that makes people feel worried or unhappy
1
7.2
In a way that feels very painful or shocking
1
8.9
In a way that makes someone feel great pain or worry
1
8.8
In a way that causes great fear or pain
1
8.1
In a way that causes strong emotional pain
In a way that causes someone a lot of pain or worry
Antonyms
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word painfully comes from the simple word pain which means 'hurt', plus -ful which means 'full of' and -ly which means 'in a way'. So, painfully means 'in a way that is full of hurt or very unpleasant'.