painfully meaning
Adverb: painfully peynfullee
- Unpleasantly
"his ignorance was painfully obvious"
- distressingly - In or as if in pain
"she moved painfully forward"
- sorely
See also: painful
Antonym: painlessly
Examples
More: Next- he had painfully written out a first draft.
- it painfully affects my english ear.
- he turned painfully and dozed off.
- she was painfully aware of her shortcomings.
- he was painfully anxious to see her.