painfully
Use Painfully in a sentence
fəl adjective
1.
affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
2.
laborious; exacting; difficult: a painful life.
3.
Archaic. painstaking; careful.
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Painfully
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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painful (ˈpeɪnfʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | causing pain; distressing: a painful duty |
| 2. | affected with pain: a painful leg |
| 3. | tedious or difficult |
| 4. | informal extremely bad: a painful performance |
| 'painfully | |
| —adv | |
| 'painfulness | |
| —n | |
| painful (ˈpeɪnfʊl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | causing pain; distressing: a painful duty |
| 2. | affected with pain: a painful leg |
| 3. | tedious or difficult |
| 4. | informal extremely bad: a painful performance |
| 'painfully | |
| —adv | |
| 'painfulness | |
| —n | |
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Despite reinforcements his progress was painfully slow against stiff opposition.
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