Associations to the word «Painfully»
Noun
Adjective
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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.