painfullyadverb
uk/ˈpeɪn.fəl.i/us/ˈpeɪn.fəl.i/in a way that causes pain:
Without surgery, this animal will die slowly and painfully.
used to emphasize a quality, action, or situation that is unpleasant or not wanted:
I am painfully aware that I have made mistakes.
It was a painfully slow journey.
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Pain & painful
- -racked
- achy
- agonizing
- cluster headache
- dodgy
- earache
- hell
- hurt
- masochism
- non-ulcer stomach pain
- painful
- painless
- rack
- racking
- shooting pains
- suffering
- tender
- throb
- torment
- wince
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