How to pronounce painfully
Listen to painfully in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“painfully” in real sentences
449 clips in the index · 59 American · 115 British · 9 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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you learn things painfully
How To Academy · hear it here
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slowly and painfully shut down.
TED-Ed · hear it here
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We are moving painfully slowly.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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as slow and painfully ineffective.
The Atlantic · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of painfully. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.