The sudden glare impinged painfully on his eyes.
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Painfully
/ˈpeɪnfəli/
Synonyms for "painfully" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
hellishlyhorriblyimproperlyinexcusablyinfernallyinordinatelyintolerablylaboriouslylamentablymiserablynakedlyopenlypatheticallypiteouslypitiablyrigorouslyroughlyruefullysadlysevere
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severelyshatteringlyshockinglysomething awfulsomething fiercesorelystaggeringlystrenuouslyterriblythe hard waytoilsomelytorturouslyunashamedlyunbearablyunconscionablyundulyunfortunatelyunhappilyunpardonablywith difficultywith much adowoefully
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3 entriesdegree adverbdiscourse adverbmanner adverb
More specific
5 entriesCollocations
5 entriespainfully awarepainfully emotionalpainfully honestpainfully obviouspainfully slow
Inflections
2 entriesmore painfullymost painfully
Derivations
1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He was painfully thin.
Source: tatoeba (301673)
Your words wound painfully.
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She was painfully thin.
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