painfully
English
Etymology
From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɪnfəli/
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Adverb
painfully (comparative more painfully, superlative most painfully)
- In a painful manner; as if in pain.
- I limped painfully down the stairs.
- (informal) Badly; poorly.
- That was the most painfully sung rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" that I've ever heard.
Translations
in a painful manner
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