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Meanings of painfully clear in English

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Usage of painfully clear in English
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It's painfully clear that both poverty and childhood hunger are steadily rising.
Ebony
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Others seemed awe-struck, as the reality of their situation was made painfully clear.
The Last Gladiatrix
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However, one thing was painfully clear-Alecand Gadara knew each other quite well.
Eve of darkness
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South Africa survived Nenegate, but the effect on the ANC was painfully clear.
The South African
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Contrast our show with the American version and that much becomes painfully clear.
The Guardian
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Her candor made it painfully clear that she believed what she was saying.
Dear John
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It was painfully clear she was less than thrilled about his surprise visit.
Nano
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The Captain seemed to have a painfully clear idea of how he stood.
The Good Comrade
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Her utterance was clear enough,- Ifancyher parent found it almost painfully clear.
The Beetle: A Mystery
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And with Easter-ah, how painfully clear his mental vision had grown!
A Mountain Europa
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That these were meagre in the extreme was now becoming painfully clear to me.
A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service
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Like a second kidney punch, the implications become painfully clear.
By reason of insanity
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It was painfully clear to the Rat, plain as a pebble in his shoe.
Pinball, 1973
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It became painfully clear to me one Friday afternoon in English that something wasn't right.
The Duff
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By the following afternoon the reason became painfully clear.
The arms maker of berlin
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The Senate report released Wednesday makes this painfully clear.
Reuters
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Painfully clear through the time
Painfully clear across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common