Hyphenation of PAINFULLY

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word PAINFULLY? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

PAINFUL-LY

Definitions of PAINFULLY:

1.	Unpleasantly His ignorance was painfully obvious
2.	In or as if in pain She moved painfully forward Sorely wounded

Synonyms of PAINFULLY:

adv	distressingly
adv	sorely

Last hyphenations of this language

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