awfully
351
1.4
- adverb
- /ˈɔːfəli/
:
muy
- It's awfully warm in here.
- awfully good
- awfully big
- seem awfully
Maybe 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
584
2.3
To a very great degree
350
1.0
By a very large amount
236
3.6
Completely, to show that something is very strong or very great
230
1.4
To a very great degree, often before words like cold or sad
212
1.3
Used before adjectives or adverbs informally to mean very
144
3.4
By a large amount
137
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
129
3.1
To a very large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
84
2.1
To a very great degree
80
4.3
In a way that causes a very large and sudden change
80
4.2
To make an adjective or adverb much stronger
80
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
2.7
To a very great degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
50
3.9
To a very great degree
32
3.0
To a degree that is more than needed or acceptable
26
4.5
To a very high degree
21
3.5
To a very great degree
18
4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
17
5.2
To a very great degree
12
3.6
To a very high degree
12
6.0
To emphasize something, like saying very
8
2.3
Totally and without any doubt
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
6
7.4
To a very large degree
6
6.5
In a way that shocks people because it is too large or unfair
6
5.5
In a very bad or extreme way
5
5.4
To make a describing word much stronger
5
6.9
An informal way to mean very or extremely
4
6.2
To a very great degree
1
7.3
Much more expensive than it should be
1
5.8
In a way that is very strong or extreme
1
9.9
To mean very much in old or playful English
1
9.9
To show that you mean something completely, often in a joking way
To a very large degree
People use it informally to mean very before adjectives
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'.