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[ adverb ] unpleasantly
Synonyms Examples "his ignorance was painfully obvious" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Time_and_again in counseling and teaching , one encounters members of this group whose attempts to bring into some kind of unity the insubstantial mythologies of their `` fundamentalist '' heritage and the stubborn reality of the modern_world are only_too painfully obvious . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Now the_English are painfully silent about my missing hands . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)John 's thoughts raced painfully into the past as he read the letter he had just received from his sister Mary . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in or as if in pain
Synonyms Examples "she moved painfully forward" "sorely wounded" Related terms |
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