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painfully
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| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | with pain |
| Synonyms: | achingly, in pain, in suffering, sorely, with difficulty |
| Main Entry: | badly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | very much; desperately |
| Synonyms: | acutely, deeply, exceedingly, extremely, gravely, greatly, hard, intensely, painfully, roughly, seriously, severely |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | calmly, little, mildly |
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | with great force |
| Synonyms: | actively, angrily, animatedly, boisterously, briskly, brutally, cruelly, earnestly, energetically, ferociously, fiercely, forcibly, frantically, furiously, heavily, intensely, keenly, like fury, madly, meanly, painfully, powerfully, relentlessly, rigorously, roughly, rowdily, savagely, seriously, severely, sharply, spiritedly, sprightly, stormily, strongly, tumultously/tumultuously, turbulently, uproariously, urgently, viciously, vigorously, violently, vivaciously, wildly, with all one's might |
| Antonyms: | gently, softly |
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | with difficulty |
| Synonyms: | agonizingly, arduously, awkwardly, badly, burdensomely, carefully, cumbersomely, cumbrously, distressingly, exhaustingly, gruelingly, hardly, harshly, inconveniently, laboriously, painfully, ponderously, roughly, severely, strenuously, tiredly, toilsomely, unwieldily, vigorously, with great effort |
| Antonyms: | easily, moderately |
| Main Entry: | mortally |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | fatally |
| Synonyms: | badly, critically, gravely, painfully, seriously |
| Main Entry: | severely |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | harshly |
| Synonyms: | acutely, badly, critically, dangerously, extremely, firmly, gravely, hard, hardly, intensely, markedly, painfully, rigorously, roughly, seriously, sharply, sorely, sternly, strictly, with an iron hand |
| Antonyms: | compassionately, lightly |
| Main Entry: | sorely |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | badly |
| Synonyms: | extremely, greatly, grievously, painfully, woefully |
| Main Entry: | laboriously |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | strenuously |
| Synonyms: | arduously, energetically, hard, painfully, resolutely, tiresomely, vigorously |
| Main Entry: | sorely |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | extremely |
| Synonyms: | acutely, badly, distressfully, greatly, grievously, heartbrokenly, painfully, sadly, severely, very, woefully |
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