Definitions for painfully
painful·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. painfully, distressinglyadverb

   unpleasantly

   "his ignorance was painfully obvious"

2. painfully, sorelyadverb

   in or as if in pain

   "she moved painfully forward"; "sorely wounded"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. painfullyadverb

   In a painful manner; as if in pain.

   That was the most painfully sung rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" that I've ever heard.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Painfullyadverb

   Etymology: from painful.

   1. With great pain or affliction.2. Laboriously; diligently.

   Such as sit in ease at home, raise a benefit out of their hunger and thirst, that serve their prince and country painfully abroad. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   Robin red-breast painfully
   Did cover them with leaves. Children in the Wood.

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1. painfully

   Painfully is an adverb that describes something that causes pain or discomfort, either physically or emotionally. It can also be used to indicate extreme degree or extent of something, often in a negative or unwanted way. It can also refer to the experience of something in a way that's difficult or awkward.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of painfully in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of painfully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of painfully in a Sentence

1. Bianca Burchett:

   When I walked in (to the house), the builders were ripping up the floorboards and then they pulled out this tiny, painfully thin cat and I just burst into tears, bless the builder, though, he put Thor in a box, jumped in his van and drove him straight to St Anne’s, while I rushed home so we could follow him down.

2. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa:

   We have to be loyal to the commitments we have adopted, especially the ones that are part of our foreign policy, such as the European Union, without rigor and financial transparency the risk of returning to crises is painfully larger.

3. Wilbur Ross:

   We're aware, painfully aware, that there are hardships inflicted on the individual workers.

4. Judith Enck:

   The plastics and petrochemical industries are making it impossible to curb the amount of plastic contaminating our oceans, new research is always helpful, but we don’t need to wait for new research to take action — the problem is already painfully clear, in the plastic accumulating in our oceans, air, soil, food, and bodies.

5. J. A. Spender:

   'Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.' Under the influence of this pestilent morality, I am forever letting tomorrow's work slop backwards into today's, and doing painfully and nervously today what I could do quickly and easily tomorrow.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=painfully
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Painfully
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=painfully
4. ^ ChatGPT
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