VDict - Definition of painfully

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painfully

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Adverb

in or as if in pain
- she moved painfully forward
- sorely wounded

unpleasantly
- his ignorance was painfully obvious

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Synonyms:
sorely distressingly

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "painfully":
painful painfully
Words contain "painfully" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
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