1 extremely, and in a way that makes you feel annoyed, upset, etc:
painfully shy / thin * He was painfully aware of his lack of experience. * Progress has been painfully slow.
2 in a way that causes you physical or emotional pain:
He banged his knee painfully against the desk.
3 with a lot of effort and difficulty:
painfully acquired experience
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of painfully come from?
This entry for painfully is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is painfully a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, painfully is tagged as adverb.
Does painfully appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — painfully appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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