painfully obvious

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• painfully — pain|ful|ly [ˈpeınfəli] adv 1.) very used to emphasize a bad or harmful quality that someone or something has ▪ painfully thin arms ▪ As a teenager, I was painfully shy. ▪ The road to peace is a painfully slow process. ▪ We are only too painfully …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• painfully — adverb 1 with pain or causing pain: The prince walked slowly and painfully. | The ball hit him painfully on the shin. 2 painfully obvious/clear/evident easy to see and disappointing or embarrassing: It was becoming painfully obvious that I would… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• obvious — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ It soon became obvious that the machine did not work. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• painfully — adverb 1. unpleasantly (Freq. 6) his ignorance was painfully obvious • Syn: ↑distressingly • Derived from adjective: ↑distressing (for: ↑distressingly), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• obvious */*/*/ — UK [ˈɒbvɪəs] / US [ˈɑbvɪəs] adjective 1) clear to almost anyone The most obvious explanation is not always the correct one. I d have thought that was fairly obvious, James retorted. a glaringly obvious mistake for obvious reasons: For obvious… …   English dictionary

• painfully — adv. Painfully is used with these adjectives: ↑apparent, ↑aware, ↑awkward, ↑beautiful, ↑clear, ↑conscious, ↑evident, ↑exposed, ↑familiar, ↑funny, ↑honest, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

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• distressingly — adverb unpleasantly his ignorance was painfully obvious • Syn: ↑painfully • Derived from adjective: ↑distressing, ↑painful (for: ↑painfully) …   Useful english dictionary

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