painfully slow

The process of getting back into shape has been painfully slow.

As they got closer to the front the advance was painfully slow.

Their progress was painfully slow, but at least the men were not having to fight the wheel now.

It also meant that research into the disease was painfully slow.

Efforts to train the national army have been painfully slow.

Then we sat down to wait for developments, which were painfully slow in coming.

The program, in the way of all computer inventory programs, was painfully slow.

They were constantly coming closer, yet their approach seemed painfully slow.

"But they show we are on a painfully slow recovery track."

His head turned slowly towards me, painfully slow, as if he didn't want to do it.