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painfully

/'peɪnfəlli/

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adverb
in or as if in pain
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"she moved painfully forward"

Similar:

sorely

Opposite:

painlessly
adverb
unpleasantly
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"his ignorance was painfully obvious"

Similar:

distressingly

Examples of painfully

"she moved painfully forward"
"his ignorance was painfully obvious"