What does painfully mean?
Painfully means In a painful manner; as if in pain..
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/ˈpeɪnfəli/ · adverb
In a painful manner; as if in pain..
I limped painfully down the stairs.
The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.
That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.
Use painfully when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Painfully means In a painful manner; as if in pain..
Common synonyms include sorely, distressingly.
Possible antonyms include painlessly.
I limped painfully down the stairs.
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