painfully

Words with a similar base: painfully

'painfully'

[painfully.r.01] as in: unpleasantly

Examples:
his ignorance was painfully obvious

'painfully'

[painfully.r.02] as in: in or as if in pain

Examples:
she moved painfully forward
sorely wounded

Origins

					painfully (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── painful (English)
    ├── -ful (English)
    └── pain (English)

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