painfully

[US]/'peinfəli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. rahatsızlık veya sıkıntı veren bir şekilde; zor veya zorlu bir biçimde; son derece; fiziksel veya duygusal acıya neden olan.

Phrases & Collocations

painfully shy

aşkın derecede çekingen

painfully obvious

aşkın derecede belirgin

Example Sentences

she was painfully thin.

O kadar zayıftı ki acı veriyordu.

progress was painfully slow.

İlerleme acınası derecede yavaştı.

The old horse was painfully thin.

Yaşlı at o kadar zayıftı ki acı veriyordu.

You are painfully slow with your figures.

Hesaplarınızda acınası derecede yavaşsınız.

an alarmingly forward yet painfully vulnerable child.

Şaşırtıcı derecede ileri düzeyde ancak acınası derecede savunmasız bir çocuk.

Filming was painfully slow.

Çekim inanılmaz derecede yavaştı.

she knocked her knee painfully on the table.

Dizini masaya acı vererek çarptı.

The shoe pressed painfully against her big toe.

Ayakkabı, büyük parmağına acı verici şekilde bastırıyordu.

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

Kendisini o kadar acı verici şekilde karışmış bulduğu cinayet davası.

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

yasanın açık görmezden gelinmesi. Ne kadar belirginse, açık ve acı verici bir şekilde kendini gösterir:

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

Çoğunlukla izlenemeyecek monologlardan oluşan bir televizyon programı, hava dalgalarında acı bir şekilde sürüncemede kaldı ve ardından ağıtlanmadan öldü.

Real-world Examples

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

'Sırtını çevir,' diye homurdandı, acı dolu bir şekilde ayağa kalkarken.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

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

Harry ona baktı ve yeni bir acıma hissi oldukça acı verici bir şekilde yoğunlaştı.

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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