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painfully
adverb
(pain-ful-ly)
in or as if in pain
Synonyms:
sorely
,
Antonyms:
painlessly
,
Examples:
She moved painfully forward.
painfully
adverb
(pain-ful-ly)
unpleasantly
Synonyms:
distressingly
,
Examples:
His ignorance was painfully obvious.
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painfully
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distressingly
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sorely
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embarrassingly
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shockingly
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dreadfully
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horribly
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depressingly
,
frustratingly
,
terribly
,
pathetically
,
unspeakably
,
sadly
,
appallingly
,
incredibly
,
frightfully
,
awfully
,
poignantly
,
woefully
,
dismally
,
cruelly
,
acutely
,
regrettably
,
excessively
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very
,
alas
,
laboriously
,
extremely
,
grossly
,
hugely
,
regretfully
,
unfortunately
,
painstakingly
,
badly
,
highly
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desperately
,
tremendously
,
severely
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hard
,
harshly
,
horrendously
,
excruciatingly
,
achingly
,
unbearably
,
frighteningly
,
comically
,
hideously
,
maddeningly
,
horrifyingly
,
agonizingly
,
uncomfortably
,
annoyingly
,
horrifically
,
strangely
,
pitifully
,
hopelessly
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crushingly
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wretchedly
,
irritatingly
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grindingly
,
laughably
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torturously
,
ridiculously
,
hilariously
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lamentably
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absurdly
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tiresomely
,
brutally
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impossibly
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tediously
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unpleasantly
,
oddly
,
shamefully
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sickeningly
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stunningly
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devastatingly
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disturbingly
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disconcertingly
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astonishingly
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unfathomably
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alarmingly
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gloriously
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unforgivably
,
exasperatingly
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yawningly
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curiously
,
remarkably
,
ludicrously
,
amazingly
,
grotesquely
,
scarily
,
jarringly
,
blindingly
,
weirdly
,
terrifyingly
,
nauseatingly
,
mortifyingly
,
utterly
,
tortuously
,
admittedly
,
hauntingly
,
painfully
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