Word: painfully
Part of speech: Adverb
Syllables: pain
ful
ly
Definition: Badly; poorly.
Morphemes:
Affix: pain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To render uneasy in mind; to disquiet; to distress; to grieve.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: poena
Language: la
Decoded: poena
Meaning: punishment, pain
Affix: -ful
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns. Full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun.
Affix: -ly
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adverbs from adjectives.