— painfully , adv. — painfulness , n.
/payn"feuhl/ , adj.
1. affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
2. laborious; exacting; difficult: a painful life.
3. Archaic. painstaking; careful.
[ 1300-50; ME; see PAIN, -FUL ]
Syn. 1. distressing, torturing, agonizing, tormenting, excruciating. 2. arduous.
Ant. 2. easy.