painfully
[adverb]
Synonyms: distressingly, clearly, dreadfully, sadly, unfortunately

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Antonyms: painlessly

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pain‧ful‧ly /ˈpeɪnfəli/ adverb
[Word Family: adjective: pained, painful ≠ painless; verb: pain; noun: pain; adverb: painfully ≠ painlessly]

1. very – used to emphasize a bad or harmful quality that someone or something has:
painfully thin arms
As a teenager, I was painfully shy.
The road to peace is a painfully slow process.
We are only too painfully aware of the damage his actions have caused.
painfully obvious/clear/evident/apparent
It was painfully obvious he’d rather not see her again.

2. with pain or causing pain:
Robyn swallowed painfully.

3. needing a lot of effort:
all the knowledge that he had so painfully acquired

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲