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Adverb
▲
In a manner involving physical pain
excruciatingly
agonisinglyUK
agonizinglyUS
hurtfully
afflictedly
afflictively
sorely
throbbingly
woundedly
achingly
smartingly
sufferingly
uncomfortably
in pain
in suffering
with difficulty
tenderly
painedly
delicately
distressedly
rawly
sensitively
achily
stingingly
brokenly
irritatedly
strickenly
sharply
bitingly
burningly
more ❯
“Hauling himself up on his walker, he edged painfully out of the living room into the hallway, dragging his legs behind him.”
Adverb
▲
In an emotionally or mentally painful manner
bitterly
regretfully
ruefully
agonisinglyUK
agonizinglyUS
sadly
sorrowfully
woefully
unhappily
inconsolably
mournfully
wretchedly
plaintively
lugubriously
resentfully
wailfully
sorely
grievously
dolefully
dolorously
distressingly
hard
unfortunately
alarmingly
deplorably
hardly
upsettingly
worryingly
horribly
chillingly
disturbingly
dreadfully
excruciatingly
harrowingly
insufferably
pitifully
clearly
cruelly
disconcertingly
embarrassingly
torturously
unbearably
uncomfortably
unendurably
unenviably
unpleasantly
awfully
frightfully
terribly
more ❯
“Zach painfully recounted the highlights of the battle for Roermond, the attack across the Roer, and the push across the Rhine.”
Adverb
▲
With extreme care
carefully
meticulously
painstakingly
delicately
fastidiously
scrupulously
diligently
earnestly
heedfully
steadily
laboriously
slowly
tortuously
with extreme care
thoroughly
unremittingly
attentively
methodically
sedulously
watchfully
thoughtfully
punctiliously
concentratedly
conscientiously
precisely
intently
scrutinizingly
keenly
sharply
correctly
more ❯
“With as much effort as he could muster, he rolled the Admiral over onto his back and slowly and painfully removed the dead man's coat.”
Adverb
▲
To a great degree
extremely
monstrously
very
exceedingly
inordinately
exceptionally
overly
unusually
extra
disproportionately
markedly
too
unduly
immoderately
exorbitantly
excessively
terribly
devilishly
overmuch
unacceptably
unreasonably
intolerably
ridiculously
unnecessarily
extravagantly
intemperately
absurdly
impossibly
irrationally
illogically
more ❯
“Patrick just made it painfully obvious that he was letting something slip.”
Adverb
▲
In such a way as to cause death
mortally
extremely
highly
particularly
really
exceedingly
enormously
terribly
immensely
seriously
uncommonly
vastly
awfully
especially
extra
hugely
very
eminently
greatly
mightily
supremely
critically
most
severely
desperately
majorly
stinking
frightfully
gravely
intensely
so
awful
mighty
real
way
exceeding
right
surpassingly
too
achingly
almighty
archly
badly
beastly
blisteringly
bone
colossally
corking
cracking
dang
deadly
ever
fabulously
fantastically
far
fiercely
filthy
full
heavily
incredibly
jolly
monstrous
much
passing
rattling
roaring
roaringly
sorely
spanking
specially
super
that
thumping
vitally
whacking
wicked
wildly
sore
such
unco
more ❯
Adverb
▲
Slowly, in a laborious or ponderous manner
heavily
laboriously
ponderously
awkwardly
clumsily
slowly
sluggishly
steadily
deliberately
stiffly
woodenly
tediously
wearily
with difficulty
with heavy steps
with leaden steps
hardly
toughly
tryingly
arduously
strenuously
challengingly
onerously
formidably
gruellinglyUK
difficultly
excruciatingly
dourly
exactingly
roughly
more ❯
“And now we have the painful task of sorting through thousands of documents.”
Adverb
▲
With physical difficulty
with effort
assiduously
actively
arduously
determinedly
diligently
hard
industriously
intently
laboriously
purposefully
resolutely
amain
busily
conscientiously
doggedly
intensely
intensively
obstinately
perseveringly
sedulously
slavishly
steadfastly
strenuously
unwaveringly
willfully
zealously
energetically
hardly
mightily
steadily
vigorously
with a will
with difficulty
after a struggle
with a struggle
more ❯
Adverb
▲
Adverb for causing distress or emotional turmoil
distressingly
badly
disconcertingly
horrendously
horribly
troublesomely
troublingly
unpleasantly
awfully
disquietingly
dreadfully
horridly
horrifically
irksomely
objectionably
terribly
worrisomely
agonizinglyUS
appallingly
dauntingly
distastefully
forbiddingly
grimly
horrifyingly
loathsomely
miserably
revoltingly
rottenly
severely
stressfully
torturously
traumatically
unpalatably
unsettlingly
woefully
wretchedly
abominably
annoyingly
atrociously
bitterly
crummily
detestably
difficultly
disagreeably
discomposingly
dismally
distressfully
disturbingly
dolefully
execrably
foully
frightfully
ghastlily
gruesomely
harrowingly
harshly
humorlesslyUS
humourlesslyUK
irritatingly
lousily
mortifyingly
nastily
odiously
offensively
poorly
repellently
repugnantly
repulsively
soberly
solemnly
somberlyUS
sombrelyUK
unbearably
uncomfortably
unsavorilyUS
upsettingly
vilely
abysmally
deplorably
depressingly
more ❯
“Having to sit through the boring lecture was an incredibly painful experience.”
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