painfully

Variant of painful

adjective

  1. causing pain; hurting; distressing
  2. full of or suffering with pain; aching: a painful finger
  3. requiring trouble and care; exacting and difficult
  4. annoying or tedious: a long, painful lecture
  5. Archaic painstaking

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