Wondering how to use Painfully in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as distressingly or sorely.
Painfully meaning
- In a painful manner; as if in pain.
- Badly; poorly.
Synonyms of Painfully
Using Painfully
- The main meaning on this page is: In a painful manner; as if in pain. | Badly; poorly.
- Useful related words include: distressingly, sorely, painlessly.
- In the example corpus, painfully often appears in combinations such as: and painfully, painfully clear, is painfully.
Context around Painfully
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Painfully
- In this selection, "painfully" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, falling, almost, arms, clear, slow and boring stand out and add context to how "painfully" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2017 but painfully relevant and 6 was painfully slow and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "painfully" sits close to words such as anglers, asbestos and bali, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with painfully
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
From 2017 but painfully relevant. (5 words)
Christ is painfully clear: we must forgive or we will not be forgiven. (13 words)
Erdogan’s response to the country’s devastating earthquake on Feb. 6 was painfully slow and uncoordinated. (17 words)
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. (41 words)
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. (39 words)
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. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
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.
Common combinations with painfully
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and painfully 18×
- painfully clear 15×
- is painfully 14×
- painfully slow 12×
- painfully obvious 11×
- painfully aware 10×
- been painfully 9×
- it painfully 8×
- so painfully 7×
- the painfully 7×