painfully
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪnfəli/
adv
Etymology: From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.
- In a painful manner; as if in pain.
“I limped painfully down the stairs.”
“The unsufficiency and uncandidness of his answer became painfully apparent in the dead silence of the room.”
- Badly; poorly.
“That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.”