painfully
/ˈpeɪnfəli
/adverb
1In a painful manner or to a painful degree: she coughed painfully...
- The demon turned to look at Ryuko, dropping Jade on the spot and leaving her to rub her neck painfully.
- The man let Madeleine go and she fell to the ground, clutching her neck painfully.
- She could feel the burning heat creeping up her neck and building up on her cheeks painfully.
Synonyms
distressingly, worryingly, upsettingly, disturbingly, sadly, pitifully, unfortunately, agonizingly, harrowingly, excruciatingly, chillingly, alarmingly, insufferably, unendurably, unbearably, torturously, cruelly, uncomfortably, embarrassingly, disconcertingly, unenviably, unpleasantly;
woefully, dreadfully, terribly, awfully, horribly
dated frightfully
1.1 [as submodifier] (With reference to something undesirable) exceedingly: progress was painfully slow...
- We are also acutely aware that completion of these and other outstanding items is painfully slow.
- It was a classic moment of inclusion which I felt acutely and painfully outside of.
- Friends allege he is painfully shy and a borderline social inadequate.
- out of countenance
- out of court
- out-of-court settlement
- out of danger
- out of date
- out-of-dateness
- out-of-doorness
- out-of-door relief
- out of doors
- out-of-fashion
- out-of-fashioned
- outoffice
- out of gear
- out of hand
- out of harm's way
- out of hours
- out of humour
- out of it
- out of joint
- out of line
- out of one's box
- out of one's depth
- out of one's gourd
- out of one's mind
- out of one's senses