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• r  unpleasantly
  his ignorance was painfully obvious
• r  in or as if in pain
  she moved painfully forward

• Slaughterhouse-Five is a cynical novel, but beneath the bitter, grim-jawed humor is a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the 20th century.
• It was reasonably agile on land, considering, and fairly maneuverable on water, if painfully slow, with a top speed of 7 mph.
• Noah Baumbach thinks he's funny, though his intermittent gags fizzle painfully.

• distressingly
• sorely

• painlessly

News & Articles

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• Indie rock band Parquet Courts brings jangly, propulsive fun back to genre
  The loose, lanky tease of '90s indie music has largely been stripped from the genre since its heyday, replaced by painfully twee folk-pop and nebulous psychedelic experiments heralded by crushing volume.
  June 14, 2013 - Boulder Daily Camera
• Over/Under: Exactly how much should Puig pull via trade?
  Fantasy is a speculative game. Predict the future, and you look like a genius. Don't, and you're painfully human. Gazing into the crystal ball, here's our view on 10 intriguing over/unders this week. Imagine you're a Yasiel Puig owner in a non-keeper mixed league who is looking to cash in on the hype. Which of [...]
  June 12, 2013 - Roto Arcade via Yahoo! Sports
• Over/Under: Aaron Hernandez is about to tattoo the competition
  Fantasy is a speculative game. Predict the future, and you look like a genius. Don't, and you're painfully human. Gazing into the crystal ball, here's our view on 10 intriguing over/unders this week. With Rob Gronkowski a giant-sized question mark and Danny Amendola constructed from Waterford crystal, season receptions for Aaron Hernandez 74.5 Brandon – [...]
  June 12, 2013 - Roto Arcade via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• William Shatner in TurnTo23.com
  The whole thing makes me feel badly. The poor man, there's such a sickness there,Shatner said in a video interview with his daughter, Lisbeth. "It's so painfully obvious that there is such a psychosis there. I don't know what his original...
• Thomas DiNapoli in International Herald Tribune
  The securities industry has already lost tens of thousands of jobs, and the industry is still continuing to write off toxic assets,DiNapoli said in a written statement. "It's painfully obvious that 2009 will probably be another difficult...
• Jeff Bezos in Independent
  In a statement posted on the website, Bezos said the remote removal was "stupid, thoughtless, and painfully out of line with our principles", adding: "We will use the scar tissue from this painful mistake to help make better decisions going...