Associations to the word «Painfully»
Noun
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
PAINFULLY, adverb. In a painful manner; as if in pain.
Dictionary definition
PAINFULLY, adverb. Unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious".
PAINFULLY, adverb. In or as if in pain; "she moved painfully forward"; "sorely wounded".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.