awfullyadverb
uk/ˈɔː.fəl.i/us/ˈɑː.fəl.i/awfully adverb (GREATLY)
US informal also awful very or extremely, when used before an adjective or adverb:
It's an awfully long time since we last saw each other.
I'm awfully sorry, but we've forgotten to reserve you a table.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- deadly
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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awfully adverb (BADLY)
extremely badly:
England played awfully throughout the game.
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Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- apology
- atrocious
- awful
- badly
- be an apology for sth idiom
- clunky
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- downscale
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- motley
- mouldy
- not set the world on fire idiom
- tacky
- unappetizing
- unattractive
- unimpressed
- weak sauce
- worst
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