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How to pronounce painfully:

Synonyms for painfully:

agonizingly
alarmingly
bitterly
clearly
deplorably
distressingly
dolefully
dolorously
dreadfully
excessively
grievously
hard
hardly
harshly
inconsolably
lugubriously
markedly
mournfully
plaintively
regretfully
resentfully
ruefully
sadly
severely
sharply
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Antonyms for painfully:

agreeably
airily
blissfully
blithely
brightly
buoyantly
cheerfully
cheerily
chirpily
contentedly
delightedly
delightfully
elatedly
enthusiastically
exhilaratingly
exultantly
gaily
gayly
genially
gladly
gleefully
happily
heartily
jauntily
jocosely
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