painfully

[US]/'peinfəli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. sa paraang nagdudulot ng hindi komportable o pagdurusa; sa paraang mahirap o mapanghamon; labis-labis; nagdudulot ng pisikal o emosyonal na sakit.

Phrases & Collocations

painfully shy

nakakahiya

painfully obvious

halata na

Example Sentences

she was painfully thin.

Siya ay payat nang labis.

progress was painfully slow.

Ang pag-unlad ay mabagal nang labis.

The old horse was painfully thin.

Ang matandang kabayo ay payat nang labis.

You are painfully slow with your figures.

Mabagal ka nang labis sa iyong mga numero.

an alarmingly forward yet painfully vulnerable child.

Isang nakakagulat na maagap ngunit labis na mahinang bata.

Filming was painfully slow.

Ang pagkuha ng eksena ay napakabagal.

she knocked her knee painfully on the table.

Nakita niya nang labis ang kanyang tuhod sa mesa.

The shoe pressed painfully against her big toe.

Ang sapatos ay labis na itinulak laban sa kanyang malaking daliri.

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

Ang kaso ng pagpatay kung saan siya ay labis na napasama.

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

sa bastos na pagwawalang-bahala sa batas. Ang nakakasilaw ay lantaran at masakit na halata:

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

Ang isang programa sa telebisyon na binubuo pangunahin ng mga monologo na halos hindi mapanood ay matagal na nanatili sa mga alon ng radyo at pagkatapos ay namatay, hindi pinagsisihan.

Real-world Examples

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

'Tumahimik ka muna,' ungol niya, habang pinipilit niyang tumayo.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

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

Tinitigan siya ni Harry at lalo pang tumindi ang bagong damdamin ng pagkaawa nang labis.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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

Bilang resulta, sinabi niya, gumagamit ang mga kumpanya ng shrinkflation upang itaas ang mga presyo nang "mas kaunti nang masakit".

Source: BBC Reading Selection

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

Muling nasunog ang peklat sa kanyang noo, mas masakit kaysa noong mga nakaraang buwan.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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

Palagi niyang naalala nang masakit ang pisikal na kakulangan na ito kapag nakikipag-ugnayan sa mga miyembro ng mga mababang kasta.

Source: Brave New World

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

Muling nasunog ang peklat sa kanyang noo, mas masakit kaysa noong mga nakaraang linggo.

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

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

Nakita ko na mahirap nang husto ang pagpapahayag ng mga likas na katotohanan na iyon.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

It is now being painfully reminded of it.

Ngayon, ito ay masakit na naaalala.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

I am so painfully attracted to her soul.

Ako ay labis na naaakit sa kanyang kaluluwa.

Source: The private playlist of a celebrity.

We learn painfully. We fall and break limbs.

Masakit tayong natututo. Bumabagsak tayo at nababasag ang mga paa.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

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