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painfully

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪnfəli/

adv

Etymology: From Middle English peinfully, paynefully, equivalent to painful + -ly.

  1. 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.

  2. Badly; poorly.

    That was the most painfully sung rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” that I’ve ever heard.