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Adverb
▲
In a painful manner or to a painful degree
sadly
distressingly
woefully
agonisinglyUK
agonizinglyUS
alarmingly
unfortunately
upsettingly
worryingly
chillingly
disturbingly
dreadfully
excruciatingly
harrowingly
insufferably
pitifully
bitterly
clearly
cruelly
disconcertingly
dolefully
dolorously
embarrassingly
excessively
grievously
hard
hardly
inconsolably
lugubriously
markedly
mournfully
plaintively
regretfully
resentfully
ruefully
sorely
sorrowfully
torturously
unbearably
uncomfortably
unendurably
unenviably
unhappily
unpleasantly
wailfully
wretchedly
awfully
deplorably
frightfully
horribly
terribly
more ❯
“Hauling himself up on his walker he edged painfully out of the living room into the hallway, dragging his legs behind him.”
Adverb
▲
With pain
achingly
in pain
in suffering
with difficulty
Adverb
▲
With extreme care
carefully
painstakingly
slowly
tortuously
laboriously
hardly
toughly
tediously
tryingly
arduously
strenuously
ponderously
challengingly
onerously
formidably
gruellinglyUK
heavily
difficultly
excruciatingly
dourly
exactingly
roughly
severely
wearisomely
backbreakingly
burdensomely
tiresomely
drainingly
unremittingly
tiringly
more ❯
“And now we have the painful task of sorting through thousands of documents.”
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
unhurriedly
ploddingly
leisurely
gradually
largo
adagio
lento
pokily
laggardly
larghetto
without hurrying
casually
calmly
haltingly
more ❯
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 affected with, or causing, physical discomfort or pain
sorely
achingly
smartingly
painedly
tenderly
throbbingly
agonizinglyUS
delicately
distressedly
excruciatingly
achily
afflictedly
afflictively
rawly
sensitively
stingingly
brokenly
irritatedly
woundedly
bitingly
burningly
gnawingly
laboriously
naggingly
piercingly
poundingly
searingly
severely
sharply
strickenly
sufferingly
troublesomely
uncomfortably
bleedingly
caustically
hurtfully
stiffly
grievously
harrowingly
nastily
redly
tiredly
“Mr. Miyagi would rub his hands together before applying them to the painful area of Daniel San's shoulder.”
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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