awfully
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɔː.fʊ.li/
(UK)
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/ˈɔː.fʊ.li/ (UK) · /ˈɔː.fə.li/ (UK) · /ˈɔː.fli/ (UK) · /ˈɔ.f(ə.)li/ · /ˈɑ.f(ə.)li/
Definition of awfully
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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Badly, terribly.
“She led after the swimming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.”
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adv
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Badly, terribly.
“She led after the swimming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.”
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(not-comparable)Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
“It was wondrous. 'I'm awfully glad I came now,' his thought ran; 'I'm managing it rather well.'”
“It’s awfully considerate of you to think of me here / And I’m most obliged to you for making it clear that I’m not here”
- (archaic)In a manner inspiring awe.
- (archaic)Reverently.
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(obsolete)Fearfully.
“I returned to the inn yard, and, impressed by my remembrance of the face, looked awfully around for it. It was not there.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From awful + -ly.
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