Definitions
In a way that causes pain, difficulty, or unpleasant intensity.
Word origin
From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“I limped painfully down the stairs.”
“The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.”
“That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.”
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