Meaning & Definition of Painfully in English
English⟶
Painfully
/penfəli/
adverb
1. Unpleasantly
- "His ignorance was painfully obvious"
synonym:
- painfully,
- distressingly
2. In or as if in pain
- "She moved painfully forward"
- "Sorely wounded"
synonym:
- painfully,
- sorely
Examples of using
When Rafael was studying medicine, he painfully saw how people afflicted by heart diseases died due to lack of adequate medical equipment.
Your words wound painfully.