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Meanings of painfully in English

Portuguese
dolorosamente
Spanish
dolorosamente

In or as if in pain.

dolorosamente
Spanish
desagradablemente

Unpleasantly.

desagradablemente
Synonyms
Examples for "distressingly"
Examples for "distressingly"
1
His right hand flexed around air, because his sword was distressingly absent.
The irish warrior
2
The collapses had become distressingly frequent with the last year or two.
South Wind
3
He was conscious of having been surprised in a distressingly ridiculous situation.
The Mystery of Orcival
4
And it was far more distressingly horrible than anything I had anticipated.
Three John Silence Stories
5
So again at his first meeting with Elizabeth, Carlos is distressingly mawkish.
The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
Usage of painfully in English
1
But the second movie in particular felt almost painfully true to me.
The Guardian
2
But potential investors said the process had been painfully slow so far.
Reuters
3
It is painfully obvious that the new data says it isn't true.
Wired
4
Working information out of the madmen was a painfully long, anxious process.
Cities in Flight
5
The decision had been easy, but the reality was painfully red hot.
World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
6
He woke; listened; got up painfully and started toward the front door.
Further Adventures of Lad
7
He had seen heavy action in Indochina, which left him painfully diffident.
Secret of the seventh son
8
It's painfully clear that both poverty and childhood hunger are steadily rising.
Ebony
9
The painfully slow democratic revolution is far from over, writes Victor Mallet.
The Irish Times
10
The noise of a carriage passing in the street was painfully audible.
Man and Wife
11
The rudeness of the style in which they lived painfully impressed him.
Christopher Carson, Familiarly Known as Kit Carson
12
In the meantime, the heart of Fred was throbbing painfully with hope.
In the Pecos Country
13
Hobbling painfully, he began the ascent in front of the strolling Englishman.
The Lamp in the Desert
14
Laurence watched him: he missed his own sword painfully at the moment.
Blood of Tyrants
15
Seti nodded painfully, and she took Iset and quickly left the chamber.
The heretic queen
16
The pictures were painfully graphic; no angle was left to the imagination.
Deadly little secrets
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Translations for painfully
Portuguese
dolorosamente
Painfully through the time
Painfully across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common