painfully
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/ˈpeɪnfəli/
Definition of painfully
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
-
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.”
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adv
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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.”
-
(informal)Badly; poorly.
“That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.
Words you can make from painfully
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17 words4-letter words
54 words- FLAY 10 pts
- FLAP 9 pts
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- PALY 9 pts
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3-letter words
38 words- FAY 9 pts
- FLY 9 pts
- PAY 8 pts
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2-letter words
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