Synonym: distressingly, sorely. Similar words: disdainfully, painful, painfulness, in full, in full view, in full swing, disdainful, scornfully. Meaning: ['peɪnflɪ] 
adv. 1. unpleasantly 2. in or as if in pain.
adv. 1. unpleasantly 2. in or as if in pain. 
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211 The 21% haircut on the net present value of Greek bonds outstanding, which was painfully agreed to by the banks and the Europeans earlier this summer, appears to be woefully inadequate.
212 His heart thumped painfully and joyously as his eye caught the words.
213 You can larn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you.
214 It writhed painfully and quickly sank to the bottom, dead as a doornail.
215 The letter S, for all26) its beauty, is not meant to support weight and so our backs fail, consistently and painfully.
216 Those seated on the elevated stage of an auditorium gave only half as much of the painfully hot stuff to the tasters as those who were seated far below in the sunken orchestra pit.
217 EXMP : His speech to the new freshmen was painfully didactic.
218 The divorce was painfully public, feeding her dislike of the press.
219 The coming-of-age comedy, set in the mid-1990s, cheerfully captures those late adolescent years when youthful cockiness gives way painfully to adult responsibilities.
220 One of them jumped up on the truck bed and straddled my back, his knees and shins pinning my upper arms, one hand gripping my hair painfully.
221 It is very difficult for the strong-willed entrepreneur to really listen to critics; if you find people who will be painfully honest with you, get them on board.
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222 Another point that the "Pro-life" lobby try to get across is that they believe no one dies painfully now, because of hospices and modern drugs, so euthanasia is not needed.
223 This was rough stuff: a botched execution left one ex - bishop to cook more painfully than normal.
224 Return to new flower city, persist month once building, otherwise, you are those four utterly patriotic slaves, will die painfully.
225 Their first album was painfully frank to the point of being confessional.
226 In wolves' life, nothing can take place of their unyielding spirit, which makes them survive arduously and painfully.
227 Demonstrated on the shriveling exterior of the sculpture, the young woman painfully and drastically ages into exhausted elderly woman that reveal time and history that classical sculptures epitomize.
More similar words: disdainfully, painful, painfulness, in full, in full view, in full swing, disdainful, scornfully, pain-free, fully, usefully, awfully, carefully, joyfully, ruefully, fearfully, balefully, hopefully, dutifully, dolefully, forcefully, mindfully, fretfully, wistfully, playfully, pitifully, tactfully, gleefully, skillfully, spitefully.