ALL meanings of painfully
pain·ful
P p - adverb painfully causing pain 1
- adverb painfully with pain 1
- adverb painfully tediously 1
- adjective painfully affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory. 1
- adjective painfully laborious; exacting; difficult: a painful life. 1
- adjective painfully Archaic. painstaking; careful. 1
- adverb painfully You use painfully to emphasize a quality or situation that is undesirable. 0