painfully
IPA: pˈeɪnfʌɫi
adverb
- In a painful manner; as if in pain.
- (informal) Badly; poorly.
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Examples of "painfully" in Sentences
- Many people died painfully.
- The disease was painfully fatal.
- Thus the disease was painfully fatal.
- The differences are painfully obvious.
- Ultimately and painfully, the biopsy is obtained.
- The rest of the website remained painfully silent.
- She is prudish, priggish and painfully self conscious.
- They are of value, and load on the servers is painfully small.
- Harriet is painfully inarticulate, Vesey defensive and irritating.
- While the desysoppings are painfully notable, they are a drop in the bucket.
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