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Painfully meaning
In a painful manner; as if in pain. | Badly; poorly.
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Similarly, among other Worst Series Finale rankings, our sister site Variety opined, “The ending is bad because it’s painfully, painfully boring”; The A.V. Club said, “The way the show ended almost feels like a poorly executed twist.
A feature of this match was the battle of the two leads, a husband and wife duel between Eliza and Scott Kennon, although it would have been painfully obvious to Scott who will now now do the cooking for a week.
Although Kaworu does his best to comfort Shinji, this doesn't diminish how painfully tragic his death is at Shinji's hands.
And a few moments later, play is halted after Decordova-Reid finds himself tangled up jumping for the ball, and attended to by the medics after falling painfully.
But also the dynamic between them was so rich and painfully real — the barbs they exchanged landed every time.
But, while it’s new for to be addressing Jordan’s bad attitude, it’s something that has been painfully present since the first season.
Christ is painfully clear: we must forgive or we will not be forgiven.
Decorum being front and center in the same week that a former President Donald Trump was indicted on 34 felonies including paying a porn star hush money shows how painfully out of touch Republican messaging really is.
Erdogan’s response to the country’s devastating earthquake on Feb. 6 was painfully slow and uncoordinated.
Finally, there hasn't been much hype for "Wish" since the trailer debuted, perhaps because the story looks almost painfully generic.
From 2017 but painfully relevant.
He was then transferred to an airless container, his arms painfully bound with cables, then put on a boat and deposited on an island between Greece and Turkey.
However, despite the bristle of excitement caused by his arrival, progress in finding the murderer proved painfully slow.
However, the general problem is that it just isn’t all that scary and often falls into being painfully repetitive.
I am painfully saying that we are not endorsing the conduct that Lord Ram has shown,” Chandrashekhar said.
It doesn’t help, of course, that he has been dropped into a dysfunctional United team that seem to have painfully regressed from last season.
It is also painfully, terribly true that the past cannot be undone, even as it cannot be excused.
It is painfully and heartbreakingly clear that Swayze knew he was at the end of his life, but still found ways to be cheerful, optimistic, and playful while discussing his cancer treatment.
It was painfully clear that he was not well enough to do the job, yet Democrats elected him.
Nalini Chetty plays Stella with delightful nuance, portraying a woman who is caught painfully between her loyalty to her sister and her adoration of her husband.