painfully

/ˈpeɪnfəɫi/ adv

In a painful manner; as if in pain.

Word Origin Painfully comes from pain, which goes back to Latin poena 'punishment, penalty' — so pain originally meant the suffering you endure as a penalty. The same root gives us penalty, penal, and subpoena (literally 'under penalty'). The PIE root *kwei- 'to pay, atone' also appears in Greek poinē, and you can see the idea of paying for something with suffering.

adv In a painful manner; as if in pain.

She winced painfully as the doctor cleaned the deep cut on her arm.

(副词) 痛苦地;疼痛地;难受地

医生清理她手臂上的深伤口时,她痛苦地缩了一下。

(adverbio) con dolor; dolorosamente; con sufrimiento; angustiosamente [Con dolor; como si se sufriera dolor.]

Hizo una mueca de dolor cuando el médico le limpió la herida profunda del brazo.

(adverbe) douloureusement; avec douleur; dans la souffrance [Douloureusement, comme sous l'effet de la douleur.]

Elle a grimacé **painfully** quand le médecin a nettoyé la profonde coupure sur son bras.

(Adverb) schmerzhaft; qualvoll [auf eine Weise, die körperlichen oder seelischen Schmerz verursacht; mit Schmerzen verbunden.]

Sie zuckte **painfully** zusammen, als der Arzt die tiefe Schnittwunde an ihrem Arm reinigte.

(副詞) 痛むように; 苦痛を伴って。実際に痛みを感じる様子で。

医者が腕の深い傷を処置する時、彼女は苦痛に顔をしかめた。

(advérbio) dolosamente; com dor; de modo doloroso [De maneira dolorosa; como se estivesse com dor.]

Ela se contorceu de dor enquanto o médico limpava o corte profundo em seu braço.

adv Badly; poorly.

The team played painfully in the first half, missing every shot at goal.

(副词) 拙劣地;糟糕地;差劲地

球队上半场表现糟糕,每次射门都偏离球门。

(adverbio) mal; pésimamente; deplorablemente; fatal [Mal; de manera deficiente o pobre.]

El equipo jugó pésimamente en el primer tiempo, fallando cada tiro a gol.

(adverbe) lamentablement; très mal; médiocrement; pitoyablement [Médiocrement, très mal, de manière pitoyable.]

L'équipe a joué **painfully** en première mi-temps, ratant chaque tir au but.

(Adverb) kläglich; erbärmlich [auf eine sehr schlechte oder unzureichende Weise; mangelhaft.]

Die Mannschaft spielte in der ersten Halbzeit **painfully** und verfehlte jedes Tor.

(副詞) ひどく、まずく; 見るに耐えないほど。下手で、質の低い様子で。

チームは最初のhalfでpainfully(ひどく)playedし、goalへのshotを全てmissedした。

(advérbio) mal; pessimamente; lastimavelmente [Mal; de modo ruim.]

O time jogou mal no primeiro tempo, errando todos os chutes ao gol.

Word parts: pain + ful + ly

Common collocations

aware adj slow adj slowly adv heart subst thin adj obvious adj almost adv clear adj throb verb honest adj apparent adj shy adj

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