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单词 awfully
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awfully in British English

(ˈɔːfəlɪ, ˈɔːflɪ)
adverb
1. 
in an unpleasant, bad, or reprehensible manner
2.  informal
(intensifier)
I'm awfully keen to come
3.  archaic
so as to express or inspire awe

awfully in American English

(ˈɔfəli; ˈɔfli)
adverb
1. 
in a way to inspire awe
2.  US
in a bad or offensive way
to behave awfully
3.  Informal
very; very much

Examples of 'awfully' in a sentence
awfully

It was very good but awfully strong.
Lesley Adkins EMPIRES OF THE PLAIN: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon (2003)
The strange thing about this new establishment is that it seems to be awfully big.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We have tried awfully hard to tame poetry.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Would you mind awfully sending more clues?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He must have awfully good connections there.
Diana Wynne Jones CHARMED LIFE (1977)
Some awfully big investments are looking awfully exposed.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We do find it awfully hard to complain.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He has come awfully good this year.
The Sun (2006)
But they had run awfully hard to stand still.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She had to work awfully hard.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who WereThere (2006)
And they say they are awfully sorry, though it is not their fault.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The show's bosses now have an awfully big mess to sort out.
The Sun (2007)
There's a lot of companies out there still paying awfully good dividends.
The Sun (2010)
But there's an awfully good reason to want one.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Perhaps we must, but it does sound like awfully hard work.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Friends asked if he wouldn't mind awfully going to pick their son up from his school one night.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It's an awfully big bet.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I’m awfully sorry I made fun of your hair that time.
LM Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (1872)
Would you mind awfully if I went for the antique dining table?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Would you mind awfully if I still had a splash of elderflower with mine?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
An MRI scan seems like an awfully big fuss to make about one small injury.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But this is her suitcase - would you mind awfully taking it to her in Argentina?
The Sun (2012)
He's not as young as he was and I feel awfully sorry for him.
The Sun (2010)

Synonyms of 'awfully'

very, extremely, terribly, exceptionally
badly, woefully, dreadfully, inadequately
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In other languages
awfully

British English: awfully /ˈɔːfəlɪ; ˈɔːflɪ/ ADVERB
You use awfully to emphasize how much of a quality someone or something has.
The caramel looks awfully good.
  • American English: awfully
  • Arabic: جِداً
  • Brazilian Portuguese: horrivelmente
  • Chinese: 非常
  • Croatian: strašno
  • Czech: hrozně
  • Danish: rædselsfuldt
  • Dutch: ontzettend
  • European Spanish: tremendamente
  • Finnish: kauhean
  • French: affreusement
  • German: furchtbar
  • Greek: φοβερά
  • Italian: terribilmente
  • Japanese: ひどく
  • Korean: 몹시
  • Norwegian: fryktelig
  • Polish: strasznie
  • European Portuguese: horrivelmente
  • Romanian: grozav de
  • Russian: ужасно
  • Latin American Spanish: espantosamente
  • Swedish: hemskt
  • Thai: อย่างเลวร้าย
  • Turkish: son derece
  • Ukrainian: надзвичайно
  • Vietnamese: khủng khiếp

Chinese translation of 'awfully'

awfully

(ˈɔːfəlɪ)

adv

  1. (= very) (used for emphasis) 非常 (fēicháng)
    would you mind awfully if ... ? 你非常介意 ... 吗(嗎)？ (nǐ fēicháng jièyì ... ma?)
1 (adverb) 
Definition
very
(informal) 
That caramel looks awfully good.
Synonyms
very
I am very grateful to you for all your help.
extremely
The taste of bitterness is an extremely common feature of herbal remedies.
terribly
He has suffered terribly in losing his best friend.
exceptionally
exceptionally heavy rainfall
quite
very much
seriously (informal)
one of the first seriously wealthy rock-star landowners
greatly
People would benefit greatly from a pollution-free vehicle.
immensely
Wind surfing can be immensely exciting.
exceedingly
It was an exceedingly difficult decision to make.
excessively
dreadfully
He looks dreadfully ill.
2 (adverb) 
Definition
in an unpleasant way
I played awfully, and there are no excuses.
Synonyms
badly
I was angry because I played so badly.
woefully
dreadfully
She has behaved dreadfully.
inadequately
disgracefully
wretchedly
unforgivably
shoddily
reprehensibly
disreputably

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dreadfully
He looks dreadfully ill.
Synonyms
extremely,
very,
terribly,
greatly,
badly,
deeply,
very much,
desperately,
exceptionally,
immensely,
tremendously,
awfully (informal),
exceedingly,
excessively
in the sense of dreadfully
She has behaved dreadfully.
Synonyms
terribly,
badly,
horribly,
awfully,
alarmingly,
woefully,
appallingly,
wickedly,
shockingly,
frightfully,
disgracefully,
horrendously,
monstrously,
wretchedly,
abysmally,
unforgivably,
reprehensibly,
disreputably
in the sense of exceedingly
Definition
very
It was an exceedingly difficult decision to make.
Synonyms
extremely,
very,
highly,
greatly,
especially,
hugely,
seriously (informal),
vastly,
unusually,
enormously,
exceptionally,
extraordinarily,
excessively,
superlatively,
inordinately,
to a fault,
to the nth degree,
surpassingly

Nearby words of
awfully

  • awesome
  • awestruck
  • awful
  • awfully
  • awhile
  • awkward
  • awkwardness

Synonyms of 'awfully'

awfully

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