awfully
English
Etymology
awful + -ly
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːfʊli/, /ˈɔːfəli/, /ˈɔːfli/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔfəli/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑfəli/
Adverb
awfully (comparative more awfully, superlative most awfully)
- Badly, terribly.
- She led after the swiming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.
- (not comparable) Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
- Synonyms: very, extremely, terribly; see also Thesaurus:extremely
- 1912, Arnold Bennett, The Grim Smile of the Five Towns:
- It was wondrous. 'I'm awfully glad I came now,' his thought ran; 'I'm managing it rather well.'
- 1968, Syd Barrett (lyrics and music), “Jugband Blues”, in A Saucerful of Secrets, performed by Pink Floyd:
- 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.
- (obsolete) Fearfully.
- 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, OCLC 558196156:
- I returned to the inn yard, and, impressed by my remembrance of the face, looked awfully around for it. It was not there.
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Collocations
with adjectives
- awfully good
- awfully hard
- awfully sad
- awfully nice
- awfully sorry
- awfully long
- awfully quiet
- awfully big
- awfully glad
- awfully familiar
- awfully well
- awfully difficult
- awfully tired
- awfully bad
- awfully hot
- awfully high
- awfully busy
- awfully pretty
- awfully small
- awfully cold
- awfully funny
- awfully expensive
- awfully fond
- awfully important
- awfully young
- awfully interesting
- awfully jolly
- awfully short
- awfully proud
- awfully clever
- awfully boring
- awfully strange
- awfully happy
- awfully lonely
- awfully stpid
- awfully strong
- awfully sick
- awfully pleased
- awfully old
- awfully hungry
- awfully afraid
- awfully silly
Translations
in an awe-inspiring manner
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fearfully — see fearfully
reverently — see reverently
badly — see badly
very — see very