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Meanings of painfully obvious in English

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Usage of painfully obvious in English
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It is painfully obvious that the new data says it isn't true.
Wired
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It was painfully obvious that liquor was an emotional solace to him.
I Am Legend
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Even in his own ears the edge of defensiveness was painfully obvious.
Beginnings
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The Institute also points out something that should be painfully obvious: rickshaws work.
Wired
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Other times it's painfully obvious that you're better as internet friends.
The Guardian
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Their lack of quality in the final third is painfully obvious.
The Guardian
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And it was painfully obvious there were bodies under that blanket.
No mercy
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The office party Inequality in the workplace is painfully obvious at the office party.
The Irish Times
9
This is painfully obvious in their literature, if not in other forms of art.
Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo...
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Just to make it painfully obvious for those who have suffered an intellectual bypass.
The South African
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She'd made her disdain painfully obvious, so he was careful to keep his distance.
Deadly little secrets
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Water still trickled over me, warm and painfully obvious.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
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The consequences of Trailman's maneuver were painfully obvious-toYanakov, as well as Honor, it appeared.
Flag in Exile
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The application of these burning lines is painfully obvious.
Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive
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Bakune sat staring, quill upraised, his surprise painfully obvious.
Stonewielder
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As soon as Ali had made her motives clear, it was painfully obvious what had happened.
Wanted
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Painfully obvious through the time
Painfully obvious across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common