painfully
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painfully
- /ˈpeɪnfəli/
Where it comes from
From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.
adverb more painfully · most painfully
- In a painful manner; as if in pain. I limped painfully down the stairs.
- Badly; poorly. That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sorely, distressingly, poignantly, frustratingly, frightfully, harshly, sadly, pathetically, depressingly, dreadfully, embarrassingly, terribly, dismally, woefully, severely, appallingly
Translations
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adv in a painful manner
| Español | dolorosamente |
|---|---|
| Português | dolorosamente |
| Français | douloureusement, péniblement |
| Deutsch | schmerzhaft |
| Italiano | dolorosamente |
| Русский | боле́зненно boléznenno, бо́льно bólʹno, мучи́тельно mučítelʹno |
Talk about this word "painfully." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/painfully. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. painfully. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/painfully "painfully." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/painfully.Cite this
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