Painfully
Seriously
Seriously adverb - To a great degree.
Painfully and seriously are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Painfully" instead an adverb "Seriously".
Nearby Words: serious, seriousness
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- very and painfully
- very and seriously
- greatly and painfully
- greatly and seriously
- extremely and painfully
- extremely and seriously
- hard and painfully
- hard and seriously
- badly and painfully
- badly and seriously
- severely and painfully
- severely and seriously
- intensely and painfully
- intensely and seriously
Both words in one sentence
- However, once a decision has been painfully accomplished, it's revealed that the characters are in no significant danger, but are just taking something mundane far too seriously.
Source: Not So Dire - This makes the ad painfully hard to take seriously if you know the song, as it was inspired by The Powerpuff Girls, who even appear in the music video which was made at the height of the show's popularity during the Turn of the Millennium.
Source: Repurposed Pop Song -
He moves very painfully slow with seriously impaired jumping, and his armor is too heavy to allow him to swim.
Source: Water Is Air
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Painfully & Seriously. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/painfully/seriously>.
Seriously or Painfully. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/painfully/seriously.
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