painfully

English

Etymology

painful +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪnfəli/
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Adverb

painfully (comparative more painfully, superlative most painfully)

In a painful manner; as if in pain.
I limped painfully down the stairs.
(informal) Badly; poorly.
That was the most painfully sung rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" that I've ever heard.

Translations

in a painful manner

Catalan: dolorosament (ca)
Esperanto: pene
Finnish: kivuliaasti (fi), tuskallisesti (fi)
French: douloureusement (fr)
German: schmerzhaft (de)

Hungarian: fájdalmasan
Italian: dolorosamente (it)
Polish: boleśnie (pl)
Russian: боле́зненно (ru) (boléznenno), бо́льно (ru) (bólʹno), мучи́тельно (ru) (mučítelʹno)
Spanish: dolorosamente (es)

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