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English adverb: painfully

1. painfully unpleasantly


SamplesHis ignorance was painfully obvious.


Synonymsdistressingly

2. painfully in or as if in pain


SamplesShe moved painfully forward.
Sorely wounded.


Synonymssorely


Antonymspainlessly









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