awfully

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English

Etymology

awful +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

Adverb

awfully (comparative more awfully, superlative most awfully)

  1. Badly, terribly.
    She led after the swiming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.
  2. (not comparable) Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
    Synonyms: very, extremely, terribly; see also Thesaurus:extremely
    • 1912, Arnold Bennett, The Grim Smile of the Five Towns‎:
      It was wondrous. 'I'm awfully glad I came now,' his thought ran; 'I'm managing it rather well.'
    • 1968, Syd Barrett (lyrics and music), “Jugband Blues”, in A Saucerful of Secrets, performed by Pink Floyd:
      It’s awfully considerate of you to think of me here / And I’m most obliged to you for making it clear that I’m not here
  3. (archaic) In a manner inspiring awe.
  4. (archaic) Reverently.
  5. (obsolete) Fearfully.

Collocations

with adjectives
  • awfully good
  • awfully hard
  • awfully sad
  • awfully nice
  • awfully sorry
  • awfully long
  • awfully quiet
  • awfully big
  • awfully glad
  • awfully familiar
  • awfully well
  • awfully difficult
  • awfully tired
  • awfully bad
  • awfully hot
  • awfully high
  • awfully busy
  • awfully pretty
  • awfully small
  • awfully cold
  • awfully funny
  • awfully expensive
  • awfully fond
  • awfully important
  • awfully young
  • awfully interesting
  • awfully jolly
  • awfully short
  • awfully proud
  • awfully clever
  • awfully boring
  • awfully strange
  • awfully happy
  • awfully lonely
  • awfully stpid
  • awfully strong
  • awfully sick
  • awfully pleased
  • awfully old
  • awfully hungry
  • awfully afraid
  • awfully silly

Translations

fearfully — see fearfully
reverently — see reverently
badly — see badly
very — see very
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