awfullyadv.

(in sense 3a)Brit.

/ˈɔːfli/,

/ˈɔːfl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈɔf(ə)li/,

/ˈɑf(ə)li/ (in other senses)Brit.

/ˈɔːfl̩i/,

/ˈɔːfᵿli/, U.S.

/ˈɔf(ə)li/,

/ˈɑf(ə)li/

Forms: see awful adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: awful adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < awful adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier eyefully adv.With use as an intensifier (see sense 3) compare slightly earlier awful adv. and awfy adv.; with the semantic development compare terribly adv., horribly adv., dreadfully adv., fearfully adv., etc., and also ancient Greek δεινῶς fearfully, terribly, marvellously, exceedingly, adverb corresponding to δεινός fearful, terrible, marvellous (see dinosaur n.).

I. In a manner that arouses or inspires awe, and related senses.

a. In a manner that arouses or inspires awe, reverence, or wonder.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adverb]

awfullya1400

tremendously1684

awesomely1818

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adverb] > imposingly

awfullya1400

imposingly1812

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adverb] > so as to inspire reverential fear

awfullya1400

awe-inspiringly1889

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) cxxxviii. 13 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 266 Mikled ertou aghfulli.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxxxviii. 13 (MED) For aghefully thou ert made grete.

1727 J. Thomson Summer 21 Who, Light Himself,..dwells awfully retir'd From Mortal Eye.

1798 A. Proudfit Serm. 9 There appears to have been a transaction awfully solemn, between Jehovah the Father and his Son, at the concertion of this wondrous plan.

1807 J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 8 Nov. in Mem. Life Sir J. Mackintosh (1835) I. vii. 364 Through the awfully grand forests of Malabar and Coorg.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 198 However awfully holy the subject.

1922 A. Williams Round about Upper Thames xiv. 234 These icebergs seemed motionless... In the moonlight they stood awfully and majestically calm, like an image of eternity.

1967 E. B. Ashton tr. I. Kant in tr. K. Jaspers Philos. Faith & Revelation v. ii. 270 Even eternity, however awfully and majestically a Haller may picture it, leaves far less dizzying an imprint on our mind.

b. So as to strike fear, terror, or dread into someone; in a fearsome or horrifying way.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > awe > [adverb]

awfully1487

awesomely1818

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb]

dreadlyc1175

eislichec1175

grimlyc1175

ungainlya1200

awly?c1225

grurefulliche?c1225

fiendlyc1275

dreadfullya1400

felly?c1400

awfully1487

terrible1490

terriblya1500

fearingly1556

direly1610

dismally1653

dreadful1682

formidably1685

terrifyingly1767

direfully1775

terrifically1778

terrificly1791

appallingly1825

turble1893

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 321 Than lukit he awfully [1489 Adv. angyrly] thame to.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. l. 44151 Richart..aufullie syne enterit in the toun, With greit distructioun baith in fyre and blude.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 17 The Lyon awfully forbids the prey.

1714 Boston News-let. 23 Aug. 1/1 A sore Scorching Drought..Awfully threatening a great Diminution of the Ungathered Corn and Fruits, and total Deprivation of the After-Feed.

1827 W. M. Praed in Port Folio 22 360/2 Awfully were his features wrought By some dark dream.

1916 J. Reed War in Eastern Europe iii. 190 Where his stomach had been was a raw mass of blood and rags, and he screamed awfully all the way up the hill.

2016 R. Voltmer in L. Kounine & M. Ostling Emotions in Hist. Witchcraft vi. 107 They looked around suspiciously, rolling their eyes and grimacing awfully.

2. In a manner worthy of criticism or disapproval; very badly or unpleasantly; to a very poor standard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adverb]

poorlyc1230

badlyc1400

meanly1550

inferiorly1605

indifferently1676

queerly1699

awfully1815

shickery1851

shoddily1899

terribly1906

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adverb] > in unpleasant manner

illa1275

unsavourly1377

unlovelyc1400

sour?a1513

beastly?1518

unfaringly1519

unpleasantly1542

ill-favouredly1545

uncomfortably1548

offensively1576

ungratefullya1586

adversely1593

unpleasingly1597

displeasantly1607

unsavourily1611

distastefully1631

unwelcomely1642

displeasurably1648

disagreeably1656

disgustfully1731

displeasingly1731

unpalatably1741

poisonously1746

undelightfully1749

awfully1815

unpleasurably1823

objectionably1825

unagreeably1850

disgustingly1856

undesirably1890

1815 J. Pickering in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 3 456 Many of the people of New England would call a disagreeable medicine, awful;..an ill natured child would be said to behave awfully, if he did not obey his parents.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 476 Indeed, most of our regular correspondents write awfully.

1902 C. Wells Folly in Forest vi. 89 ‘We want you to sing, awfully.’ ‘Oh, I don't sing awfully,’ protested the Dragon.

2018 @sabrecav 30 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) US played awfully. Did not deserve to be out there and embarrassed themselves.

3. colloquial. As an intensifier.

a. Modifying an adjective or adverb: very, extremely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

swithlyc888

micklelyeOE

swith971

hardOE

un-i-fohOE

sevenfoldlOE

unmeet?c1225

innerlyc1330

horribly1340

too1340

sore1474

horriblec1475

vehemently1483

outrageous1487

done?a1513

exquisite1529

strangely1532

exceeding1535

exceedingly1535

angardlyc1540

angerlyc1540

choicec1540

vengeable1542

vengeably?1550

extremelya1554

monstrous1569

thrice1579

amain1587

extremea1591

damnably1598

fellc1600

tyrannically1602

exquisitely1603

damnedly1607

preciously1607

damnablea1616

impensively1620

excellingly1621

main1632

fearful1634

vengeancelya1640

upsy1650

impensely1657

twadding1657

vastly1664

hideous1667

mainly1670

consumed1707

consumedly1707

outrageously1749

damned1757

nation1771

shockingly1777

deuced1779

darn1789

darned1807

felly1807

varsal1814

awful1816

awfy1816

frightfully1816

deucedly1819

dogged1819

awfully1820

gallowsa1823

shocking1831

tremendously1832

everlasting1833

terribly1833

fearfully1835

ripping1838

poison1840

thundering1853

frighteninglyc1854

raring1854

hell's own1863

goldarned1866

goddamned1870

doggone1871

acutely1872

whooping1874

stupidly1878

everlastingly1879

hideously1882

densely1883

storming1883

good and1885

thunderingly1885

crazy1887

tremendous1887

madly1888

goldarn1892

howling1895

murderously1916

rasted1919

goddam1921

bitchingly1923

Christly1923

bitching1929

falling-down1930

lousy1932

appallingly1937

stratospherically1941

Christ almighty1945

effing1945

focking1956

dagnab1961

drop-dead1980

hella1987

totes2006

1820 Times 16 Sept. Let any one..say whether the illustrious defendent,..has not awfully strong grounds for protesting against the tribunal.

1828 C. Calvert Diary 1 Jan. in E. M. Richardson Next Door Neighbours (1926) ix. 97 Heavens! how awfully quick the time passes.

1878 W. Black Green Pastures ii. 15 You'll be awfully glad to get rid of me.

1923 J. P. Marquand Four of a Kind 50 He couldn't play bridge, but he learned awfully quickly.

a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) 21 I wonder if you'd be most awfully kind and let me put my name down on your waiting list.

1995 C. B. Divakaruni Arranged Marriage (1997) 177 His mother said, What happened, you're awfully quiet, are you all right.

2019 @rockett2point0 31 May in twitter.com (accessed 19 June 2019) Awfully nice of them to stop by today. Gonna miss these dudes.

b. Modifying a verb: to a great extent, very much, a lot.See also thanks awfully at thank n. Phrases 1b.

ΚΠ

1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 224 He dissipates awfully.

1864 K. Cumming Jrnl. Hosp. Life 27 July (1866) viii. 137/2 He has suffered awfully from having gangrene in his wound.

1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. xviii. 212 You must awfully want your tea..so let me give you a good stiff cup.

1961 E. Waugh Unconditional Surrender (1964) i. iv. 48 Angela doesn't seem to mind awfully.

2012 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 26 Aug. (Features section) It hurt awfully. All these years later it still rankles.

II. Fearfully, reverentially.

4. With awe, dread, or reverence; fearfully; reverentially.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adverb] > with reverent fear

dreadfully1303

awfully1575

awesomely1818

dreadly1847

1575 tr. A. del Corro Theol. Dialogue xiv. f. 121 Walke reuerently and awefully w^t a quiet conscience in gods sight.

1667 J. Dryden Verses To Dutchess in Annus Mirabilis sig. a2^v The waves in ranks were cast, As awfully as when God's people past.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 126 And tim'rous pass'd, and awfully withdrew.

1883 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Executor III. 231 She sat down and said there was a wild black cat in the room that frightened her, and a snake, and caught at the sofa cushions, her hands twitching and her eyes staring awfully.

1982 Catholic Hist. Rev. 68 193 Max Müller..observed only slightly less awefully that it was ‘one of the most memorable events in the history of the world’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	awfully
释义	awfullyadv. (in sense 3a)Brit. /ˈɔːfli/, /ˈɔːfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈɔf(ə)li/, /ˈɑf(ə)li/ (in other senses)Brit. /ˈɔːfl̩i/, /ˈɔːfᵿli/, U.S. /ˈɔf(ə)li/, /ˈɑf(ə)li/ Forms: see awful adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: awful adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < awful adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier eyefully adv.With use as an intensifier (see sense 3) compare slightly earlier awful adv. and awfy adv.; with the semantic development compare terribly adv., horribly adv., dreadfully adv., fearfully adv., etc., and also ancient Greek δεινῶς fearfully, terribly, marvellously, exceedingly, adverb corresponding to δεινός fearful, terrible, marvellous (see dinosaur n.). I. In a manner that arouses or inspires awe, and related senses. 1. a. In a manner that arouses or inspires awe, reverence, or wonder. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adverb] awfullya1400 tremendously1684 awesomely1818 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adverb] > imposingly awfullya1400 imposingly1812 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adverb] > so as to inspire reverential fear awfullya1400 awe-inspiringly1889 a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) cxxxviii. 13 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 266 Mikled ertou aghfulli. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) cxxxviii. 13 (MED) For aghefully thou ert made grete. 1727 J. Thomson Summer 21 Who, Light Himself,..dwells awfully retir'd From Mortal Eye. 1798 A. Proudfit Serm. 9 There appears to have been a transaction awfully solemn, between Jehovah the Father and his Son, at the concertion of this wondrous plan. 1807 J. Mackintosh Jrnl. 8 Nov. in Mem. Life Sir J. Mackintosh (1835) I. vii. 364 Through the awfully grand forests of Malabar and Coorg. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 198 However awfully holy the subject. 1922 A. Williams Round about Upper Thames xiv. 234 These icebergs seemed motionless... In the moonlight they stood awfully and majestically calm, like an image of eternity. 1967 E. B. Ashton tr. I. Kant in tr. K. Jaspers Philos. Faith & Revelation v. ii. 270 Even eternity, however awfully and majestically a Haller may picture it, leaves far less dizzying an imprint on our mind. b. So as to strike fear, terror, or dread into someone; in a fearsome or horrifying way. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > awe > [adverb] awfully1487 awesomely1818 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb] dreadlyc1175 eislichec1175 grimlyc1175 ungainlya1200 awly?c1225 grurefulliche?c1225 fiendlyc1275 dreadfullya1400 felly?c1400 awfully1487 terrible1490 terriblya1500 fearingly1556 direly1610 dismally1653 dreadful1682 formidably1685 terrifyingly1767 direfully1775 terrifically1778 terrificly1791 appallingly1825 turble1893 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 321 Than lukit he awfully [1489 Adv. angyrly] thame to. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. l. 44151 Richart..aufullie syne enterit in the toun, With greit distructioun baith in fyre and blude. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 17 The Lyon awfully forbids the prey. 1714 Boston News-let. 23 Aug. 1/1 A sore Scorching Drought..Awfully threatening a great Diminution of the Ungathered Corn and Fruits, and total Deprivation of the After-Feed. 1827 W. M. Praed in Port Folio 22 360/2 Awfully were his features wrought By some dark dream. 1916 J. Reed War in Eastern Europe iii. 190 Where his stomach had been was a raw mass of blood and rags, and he screamed awfully all the way up the hill. 2016 R. Voltmer in L. Kounine & M. Ostling Emotions in Hist. Witchcraft vi. 107 They looked around suspiciously, rolling their eyes and grimacing awfully. 2. In a manner worthy of criticism or disapproval; very badly or unpleasantly; to a very poor standard. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adverb] poorlyc1230 badlyc1400 meanly1550 inferiorly1605 indifferently1676 queerly1699 awfully1815 shickery1851 shoddily1899 terribly1906 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adverb] > in unpleasant manner illa1275 unsavourly1377 unlovelyc1400 sour?a1513 beastly?1518 unfaringly1519 unpleasantly1542 ill-favouredly1545 uncomfortably1548 offensively1576 ungratefullya1586 adversely1593 unpleasingly1597 displeasantly1607 unsavourily1611 distastefully1631 unwelcomely1642 displeasurably1648 disagreeably1656 disgustfully1731 displeasingly1731 unpalatably1741 poisonously1746 undelightfully1749 awfully1815 unpleasurably1823 objectionably1825 unagreeably1850 disgustingly1856 undesirably1890 1815 J. Pickering in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 3 456 Many of the people of New England would call a disagreeable medicine, awful;..an ill natured child would be said to behave awfully, if he did not obey his parents. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 476 Indeed, most of our regular correspondents write awfully. 1902 C. Wells Folly in Forest vi. 89 ‘We want you to sing, awfully.’ ‘Oh, I don't sing awfully,’ protested the Dragon. 2018 @sabrecav 30 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) US played awfully. Did not deserve to be out there and embarrassed themselves. 3. colloquial. As an intensifier. a. Modifying an adjective or adverb: very, extremely. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 1820 Times 16 Sept. Let any one..say whether the illustrious defendent,..has not awfully strong grounds for protesting against the tribunal. 1828 C. Calvert Diary 1 Jan. in E. M. Richardson Next Door Neighbours (1926) ix. 97 Heavens! how awfully quick the time passes. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures ii. 15 You'll be awfully glad to get rid of me. 1923 J. P. Marquand Four of a Kind 50 He couldn't play bridge, but he learned awfully quickly. a1979 J. Grenfell Turn back Clock (1983) 21 I wonder if you'd be most awfully kind and let me put my name down on your waiting list. 1995 C. B. Divakaruni Arranged Marriage (1997) 177 His mother said, What happened, you're awfully quiet, are you all right. 2019 @rockett2point0 31 May in twitter.com (accessed 19 June 2019) Awfully nice of them to stop by today. Gonna miss these dudes. b. Modifying a verb: to a great extent, very much, a lot.See also thanks awfully at thank n. Phrases 1b. ΚΠ 1839 F. Marryat Diary in Amer. II. 224 He dissipates awfully. 1864 K. Cumming Jrnl. Hosp. Life 27 July (1866) viii. 137/2 He has suffered awfully from having gangrene in his wound. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl I. xviii. 212 You must awfully want your tea..so let me give you a good stiff cup. 1961 E. Waugh Unconditional Surrender (1964) i. iv. 48 Angela doesn't seem to mind awfully. 2012 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 26 Aug. (Features section) It hurt awfully. All these years later it still rankles. II. Fearfully, reverentially. 4. With awe, dread, or reverence; fearfully; reverentially. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adverb] > with reverent fear dreadfully1303 awfully1575 awesomely1818 dreadly1847 1575 tr. A. del Corro Theol. Dialogue xiv. f. 121 Walke reuerently and awefully w^t a quiet conscience in gods sight. 1667 J. Dryden Verses To Dutchess in Annus Mirabilis sig. a2^v The waves in ranks were cast, As awfully as when God's people past. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiv. 126 And tim'rous pass'd, and awfully withdrew. 1883 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Executor III. 231 She sat down and said there was a wild black cat in the room that frightened her, and a snake, and caught at the sofa cushions, her hands twitching and her eyes staring awfully. 1982 Catholic Hist. Rev. 68 193 Max Müller..observed only slightly less awefully that it was ‘one of the most memorable events in the history of the world’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1400
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