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awfully

[ aw-fuh-lee, awf-lee ]

adverb

  1. very; extremely:

    That was awfully nice of you. He's awfully slow.

  2. in a manner provoking censure, disapproval, or the like:

    She behaved awfully all evening.

  3. Archaic.
    1. in a manner inspiring awe:

      shouting awfully the dreaded curse.

    2. in a manner expressing awe:

      to stare awfully.



awfully

/ ˈɔËflɪ; ˈɔËfÉ™lɪ /

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
“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
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Confusables Note

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of awfully1

1350–1400; Middle English auefulli; awful, -ly
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"People awfully quiet that Raducanu is winning now - where all the experts at now?"

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All this has faded awfully fast from our mass cultural memory.

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"But he has worked awfully hard in training and done everything right to make sure he was available."

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That is a choice, but I don’t think it’s a choice that judges are going to like, because it seems awfully disingenuous.

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