painfully

pain·ful  (pnfl)

adj.

1. Causing pain.

2. Full of pain.

3. Requiring care and labor; irksome: a painful task.

4. Archaic Diligent; careful.

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painful·ly adv.

painful·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	painfully - unpleasantly; "his ignorance was painfully obvious" distressingly
	2.	painfully - in or as if in pain; "she moved painfully forward"; "sorely wounded" sorely painlessly - without pain; "after the surgery, she could move her arms painlessly"

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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

3. (= laboriously) → con mucho trabajo or esfuerzo

painfully [ˈpeɪnf^ʊli] 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

painfully [ˈpeɪnf/əlɪ] adv (walk, breathe) → a fatica; (thin) → penosamente
the cut throbbed painfully → la ferita pulsava e faceva male
it was painfully clear that ... → era fin troppo chiaro che...