painfully

[US]/'peinfəli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. de una manera que causa incomodidad o angustia; de una manera que es difícil o desafiante; extremadamente; causando dolor físico o emocional.

Phrases & Collocations

painfully shy

visiblemente tímido

painfully obvious

ostensiblemente obvio

Example Sentences

she was painfully thin.

ella estaba peligrosamente delgada.

progress was painfully slow.

el progreso fue peligrosamente lento.

The old horse was painfully thin.

El viejo caballo estaba peligrosamente delgado.

You are painfully slow with your figures.

Eres peligrosamente lento con tus números.

an alarmingly forward yet painfully vulnerable child.

un niño peligrosamente precoz pero vulnerable.

Filming was painfully slow.

Las filmaciones fueron dolorosamente lentas.

she knocked her knee painfully on the table.

se golpeó la rodilla con fuerza en la mesa.

The shoe pressed painfully against her big toe.

El zapato presionaba con fuerza contra su dedo gordo.

the case of murder in which she had found herself so painfully entangled.

el caso de asesinato en el que se había visto tan peligrosamente envuelta.

in flagrant disregard of the law. What isglaring is blatantly and painfully manifest:

en desprecio flagrante de la ley. Lo que es evidente es manifiestamente y dolorosamente:

A television programme consisting largely of all but unwatchable monologues lingered painfully on the airwaves and then died, unlamented.

Un programa de televisión que consistía principalmente en monólogos casi imposibles de ver se prolongó dolorosamente en las ondas y luego murió, sin ser lamentado.

Real-world Examples

'Just stand back, ' he growled, as he lifted himself painfully to his feet.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

Harry looked at her and the new feeling of pity intensified rather painfully.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

As a result, he says, companies use shrinkflation to raise prices " less painfully" .

Source: BBC Reading Selection

The scar on his forehead had seared again, more painfully than it had in months.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Contact with members of he lower castes always reminded him painfully of this physical inadequacy.

Source: Brave New World

The scar on his forehead had seared again, more painfully than it had in weeks.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I found the act of articulating those instinctive truths painfully difficult.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

It is now being painfully reminded of it.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

I am so painfully attracted to her soul.

Source: The private playlist of a celebrity.

We learn painfully. We fall and break limbs.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

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