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Adverb: painfully  peyn-ful-lee
  1. Unpleasantly
    "his ignorance was painfully obvious"
    - distressingly
     
  2. In or as if in pain
    "she moved painfully forward"
    - sorely

See also: painful

Antonym: painlessly

Nearest

pain in the neck
pain pill
pain sensation
pain threshold
pain unit
Paine
pained
pain-free
painful
painful sensation
painfully
painfulness
painkiller
painkilling
painless
painlessly
pains
painstaking
painstakingly
painstakingness
paint