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[ aw-fuh-lee, awf-lee ] / ˈɔ fə li, ˈɔf li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR awfully ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbvery; extremely: That was awfully nice of you. He's awfully slow. in a manner provoking censure, disapproval, or the like: She behaved awfully all evening. Archaic. - in a manner inspiring awe: shouting awfully the dreaded curse.
- in a manner expressing awe: to stare awfully.
Origin of awfully1350–1400; Middle English auefulli;see awful, -ly words often confused with awfullySee awful. Words nearby awfullyawesome, awesomesauce, awestruck, aweto, awful, awfully, awhato, awheel, awhile, a while back, awhirl Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for awfullyI covered New York politics for 15 years, and I saw some awfully tense moments between the police and Democratic politicians. The NY Police Union’s Vile War with Mayor De Blasio|Michael Tomasky|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST People who normally sound smart said some awfully dumb things. A Texas Democrat Tries to Fix the Border|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST And perhaps the current Supreme Court will take a more literal reading of the awfully clear language in the state Constitution. Religious Schools Take Kentucky Taxpayers on an $18 Million Ride|Jonathan Miller|May 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST “Discourage” is an awfully mild word for the reality of pot prohibition in the United States. What David Brooks Doesn't Understand About the Marijuana Prohibition|Jamelle Bouie|January 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I notice your office is awfully close to the Barclays Center, where the Nets play. Spike Lee on Blackface, ‘Oldboy,’ ’12 Years a Slave,’ and The Brooklyn Nets|Jimmy So|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST I found a mummy case in the library closet, but there wasn't anything in it at all, and I was awfully disappointed. Kit of Greenacre Farm|Izola Forrester I'm awfully sorry we had to give you such a shock for your leave-taking, but accidents will happen, now and then. The King of Arcadia|Francis Lynde It was the aching, loving heart of humanity for which he wept, that needed God so awfully, and could not yet trust in him. The Seaboard Parish, Complete|George MacDonald Oh heavens, how beautiful it was—fearfully, awfully tragically beautiful! The Woman Thou Gavest Me|Hall Caine He really looks very bad this morning; I feel quite sorry for him, and I'm awfully sorry for her too. A City Schoolgirl|May Baldwin
British Dictionary definitions for awfully
adverbin an unpleasant, bad, or reprehensible manner informal (intensifier)I'm awfully keen to come archaic so as to express or inspire awe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to awfullywickedly, dreadfully, truly, terribly, excessively, quite, extremely, hugely, immensely, clumsily, inadequately, incompletely, poorly, disgracefully, disreputably, reprehensibly, shoddily, unforgivably, unpleasantly, wretchedly |