awfully
70
3.0
- adverb
- /ˈɔːfəli/
:
terriblemente
- Had some good years but had some awfully bad years.
Obviously, it's awfully brutal, but it works.
- Obviously, it's awfully brutal, but it works.
- OK, that was that was awfully terrible, but it wasn't.
- Had some good years but had some awfully bad years.
- But on the flip side, there is something that feels awfully unfair.
- John Paul Jones, who fought for the Republic in its earliest days, and he, he was in a terrible battle, losing awfully.
- And the fact that alcohol was causing my heart to respond the same as a awfully stressful unslept day or COVID, I thought fuck fuck that.
- Probably the first doesn't be like, this comes across awfully so bad.
- This dude looks like this sauce is awfully painful.
- And they're telling them so strongly and so awfully, so meanly that the person just takes it inside and starts to see it as true, right.
Examples
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We felt awfully sorry for the civilians.
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'And it's awfully dark out here, so it'd be safer if you don't blow it up.'
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I feel awfully bad about it.
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Oh, I suppose it must be something awfully serious if you go writing letters to him.
Fiction book (1997) -
For people without flashlights or night vision, it's awfully hard to find after dark.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'm getting an awfully bad feeling about this, Crawe.
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To tell you the truth, those canals are awfully polluted.
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It's getting awfully cold.
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I'm awfully sorry.
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The weather was awfully cold, making it hard to enjoy our picnic.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
456
1.0
To a great degree
129
3.1
To a very large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
126
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
106
3.7
In a way that causes physical or emotional pain
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
51
2.2
In a way that shows great unhappiness or pain
50
3.9
To a very great degree
49
3.5
In a severe or unkind way that feels unpleasant
27
6.5
In a way that is very bad or not good enough
18
5.5
In a very ugly or shocking way
18
4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
16
8.2
In a very painful or strong way
12
4.9
So strong or bad that you cannot stand it
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
6
5.5
In a very bad or extreme way
6
6.8
Makes people feel shocked or disgusted
4
7.4
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
4
7.3
In a way that makes you feel disgusted or want to throw up
4
7.0
In a very bad way that shows poor quality or failure
3
6.0
In a way that is very shocking or frightening
3
6.7
In a way that makes people feel very afraid or shocked
3
8.2
In a very rude and cruel way
3
2.9
In a way that is very strong or extreme
2
6.8
In a very sad and unhappy way
2
8.8
In a very intense and unpleasant way
1
7.0
In a very bad and unpleasant way
1
7.4
In a very bad or shocking way
1
8.1
In a way that makes something very bad or annoying
1
7.5
In a very serious and urgent way
To an extremely large degree
In a way that shows great fear or warns of danger
In a way that is very bad or annoying
In a very bad or unpleasant way
Antonyms
How Badly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Awfully comes from awe, a word that once meant 'wonder' or strong 'fear', so awful originally meant 'full of awe' in the sense of something very frightening. Over time awful came to mean 'terrible' or 'very bad', so awfully can mean 'in a very bad or unpleasant way'.