awfully
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1.4
- adverb
- /ˈɔːfəli/
- It's awfully warm in here.
- awfully good
- awfully big
- seem awfully
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Watch on YouTubeMaybe that's because he's starting to look awfully nervous.
- Maybe that's because he's starting to look awfully nervous.
- Overall, I'm not awfully pessimistic about these new tools.
- And the smallest thing seems awfully big when you put it right in front of your eyes.
- If you'll take a look, they look awfully similar.
- But you know, so, I mean, you know, if I'm Aceo, I'm being awfully quiet right now.
- But Gee it's an awfully interesting topic and all Co host.
- And you kind of go, well, that sounds awfully like American culture to me in my real life.
Examples
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Wow, it's awfully quiet, huh?
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You sound awfully sure of yourself.
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Because one part per billion seems awfully small, right?
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But I mean, they look awfully similar, am I right?
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But you might say that was an awfully long time ago.
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People are awfully worried, which is good.
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And I thought, well, those look awfully similar.
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John, it's awfully nice of you to accept my apology.
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Well, that's awfully nice of you.
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The movie was awfully exciting, keeping everyone on the edge of their seats.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Shows how strong something is, for example very cold
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
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2.3
To a very great degree
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1.4
To a very great degree, often before words like cold or sad
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1.3
Used before adjectives or adverbs informally to mean very
312
1.0
By a very large amount
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3.6
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
140
3.4
By a large amount
131
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
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3.1
To a very large degree
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3.5
To a very large degree
94
2.7
To a very great degree
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2.1
To a very great degree
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4.3
In a way that causes a very large and sudden change
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4.1
To a much higher level than usual
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3.5
To a very large degree
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4.6
To a very great degree
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4.2
To make an adjective or adverb much stronger
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3.9
To a very great degree
30
3.0
To a degree that is more than needed or acceptable
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4.5
To a very high degree
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3.5
To a very great degree
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4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
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5.2
To a very great degree
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7.4
To a very large degree
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3.6
To a very high degree
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6.0
To emphasize something, like saying very
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2.3
Totally and without any doubt
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6.5
In a way that shocks people because it is too large or unfair
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5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
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7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
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6.9
An informal way to mean very or extremely
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5.5
In a very bad or extreme way
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5.8
In a way that is very strong or extreme
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6.2
To a very great degree
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7.3
Much more expensive than it should be
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9.9
To mean very much in old or playful English
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9.9
To show that you mean something completely, often in a joking way
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8.2
People use it informally to mean very before adjectives
1
7.8
To a very large degree
Shows that a describing word is very strong
In a very strong way, often in casual talk
Antonyms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Awfully also became a common way to say 'very' or to add emphasis. It shares the same root as awe and awesome, so think of it as a word that makes a feeling stronger, which is why people say 'I'm awfully sorry' to mean 'I'm very sorry'.