painfully
In a painful manner; as if in painIn a painful manner; as if in pain.
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» Tom was painfully thin.
Tom war schrecklich dünn. — wolfgangth
Tom war schmerzhaft dünn. — petersauer
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2 sensesIn a painful manner; as if in pain.
I limped painfully down the stairs.
schmerzhaft
боле́зненноboléznenno, бо́льноbólʹno, мучи́тельноmučítelʹno
in or as if in pain
(informal)Badly; poorly.
That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.
Examples
31 sentencesTom was painfully thin.
deTom war schrecklich dünn. — wolfgangth
It's so painfully obvious.
ruЭто же до боли очевидно. — Svetislava
It was painfully loud.
It was painfully obvious.
The contradiction is painfully obvious.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.
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Forms
more painfully, most painfully| Comparative | more painfully Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most painfully |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- unpleasantly:distressingly
- in or as if in pain:sorely
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.