painfully
adverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈpeɪnfəli//
In a painful manner; as if in pain.
adverb
- 1
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.
- 2
informalBadly; poorly.
That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.
Etymology
From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more painfully
- superlative
- most painfully
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painfully · In a painful manner; as if in pain.
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