- painfully
- adverb see painful
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
painfully
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painfully — pain|ful|ly [ˈpeınfəli] adv 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. ▪ We are only too painfully … Dictionary of contemporary English
painfully — adverb 1 with pain or causing pain: The prince walked slowly and painfully. | The ball hit him painfully on the shin. 2 painfully obvious/clear/evident easy to see and disappointing or embarrassing: It was becoming painfully obvious that I would… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
painfully — [[t]pe͟ɪnfʊli[/t]] ADV: ADV adv/adj (emphasis) You use painfully to emphasize a quality or situation that is undesirable. Things are moving painfully slowly. ...a painfully shy young man... I am painfully aware that staff have a heavy work… … English dictionary
painfully — pain|ful|ly [ peınfli ] adverb * 1. ) in a painful way: Her shoulder throbbed painfully. 2. ) used for emphasizing how annoying or unpleasant something is or how upset it makes you feel: She was painfully aware of his embarrassment. She looked… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
painfully */ — UK [ˈpeɪnf(ə)lɪ] / US adverb 1) in a painful way Her shoulder throbbed painfully. 2) used for emphasizing how annoying or unpleasant something is or how upset it makes you feel She was painfully aware of his embarrassment. She looked painfully… … English dictionary
painfully — adv. Painfully is used with these adjectives: ↑apparent, ↑aware, ↑awkward, ↑beautiful, ↑clear, ↑conscious, ↑evident, ↑exposed, ↑familiar, ↑funny, ↑honest, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
painfully — [ˈpeɪnf(ə)li] adv in a way that makes you feel upset, ashamed, or unhappy She was painfully aware of his embarrassment.[/ex] She looked painfully thin.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
painfully — adverb 1. unpleasantly (Freq. 6) his ignorance was painfully obvious • Syn: ↑distressingly • Derived from adjective: ↑distressing (for: ↑distressingly), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
painfully — adverb In a painful manner; as if in pain. That was the most painfully sung rendition of Fly Me to the Moon that Ive ever heard … Wiktionary
painfully — painful ► ADJECTIVE 1) affected with or causing pain. 2) informal very bad: their attempts at reggae are painful. DERIVATIVES painfully adverb painfulness noun … English terms dictionary
painfully adv — I ve swallowed some glass, Tom said painfully … English expressions
