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painfully

  • adverb
  • /ˈpeɪnfəli/

In a painful manner; as if in pain.

Example

“I limped painfully down the stairs.”

Word history

From Middle English "peinfully".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “painfully” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.