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painfully
adverb
Unpleasantly
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ˈpeɪnfəli
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adverb
Unpleasantly
“His ignorance was painfully obvious”
adverb
In or as if in pain
“She moved painfully forward”
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His ignorance was painfully obvious
She moved painfully forward
Sorely wounded
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