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painfully adverb distressingly, clearly, sadly, unfortunately, markedly, excessively, alarmingly, woefully, dreadfully, deplorably It's painfully obvious that he can't handle the job. Translations painfully [ˈpeɪnfəlɪ] ADV 1. (lit) his tooth throbbed painfully → la muela le producía un dolor punzante he felt the muzzle of the revolver dig painfully into his side → sintió el dolor que le causaba el revólver clavándose en el costado I hope he dies slowly and painfully → espero que tenga una muerte lenta y dolorosa 2. (emphatic) (= extremely) to be painfully aware of sth/that → ser plenamente consciente de algo/de que ... it was painfully clear that → estaba penosamente claro que ... she was painfully shy/thin → era tan tímida/delgada que daba pena our economic recovery will be painfully slow → nuestra recuperación económica va a ser un proceso lento y penoso or doloroso painfully [ˈpeɪnfʊli] adv (= in pain) [die] → dans la douleur; [throb] → douloureusement; [walk] → à grand-peine His tooth had started to throb painfully → Sa dent avait commencé à l'élancer douloureusement. (= distressingly) [honest, truthful] → terriblement; [learn] → dans la douleur a lesson painfully learned in Vietnam → une leçon apprise dans la douleur au Viêt-nam (= very) [slow, shy, thin] → terriblement it is painfully obvious that ... → il n'est que trop évident que ... to make sth painfully clear → rendre qch, hélas, parfaitement clair to be painfully aware of sth → être douloureusement conscient(e) de qch (= embarrassingly) [banal, predictable] → tristement this was painfully banal television → c'était de la télévision tristement banale Downing Street's response to well-based allegations has become painfully predictable → La réponse de Downing Street à des allégations fondées est devenue tristement prévisible. painfully adv (physically) → schmerzhaft; move, walk → unter Schmerzen; painfully swollen → schmerzhaft angeschwollen; he dragged himself painfully along → er quälte sich mühsam weiter (fig) learn, understand → schmerzlich; Eleanor thought painfully of Eric → der Gedanke an Eric schmerzte Eleanor (= very) → schrecklich; thin → furchtbar; slow → schmerzlich; it was painfully obvious → es war nicht zu übersehen; he was being painfully overpolite → es war peinlich, wie betont höflich er sich benahm; he became painfully aware that … → ihm wurde schmerzlich bewusst, dass … (= laboriously) → unter großen Anstrengungen; the convict could scarcely write but had painfully scrawled out a statement → der Häftling konnte kaum schreiben, hatte aber unter großen Anstrengungen eine Erklärung hingekritzelt Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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