Definitions for awfully
ˈɔ fə li, ˈɔf liaw·ful·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. terribly, awfully, awful, frightfullyadverb

   used as intensifiers

   "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"

2. dreadfully, awfully, horriblyadverb

   of a dreadful kind

   "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning"

3. terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenlyadverb

   in a terrible manner

   "she sings terribly"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. awfullyadverb

   In a manner inspiring awe.

2. awfullyadverb

   Reverently.

3. awfullyadverb

   Badly, terribly.

   She led after the swiming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.

4. awfullyadverb

   Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.

5. awfullyadverb

   Fearfully.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Awfullyadverb

   In a reverential manner.

   Etymology: from awful.

   It will concern a man, to treat this great principle awfully and warily, by still observing what it commands, but especially what it forbids. South.

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1. awfully

   Awfully is an adverb that is most commonly used to express something in an extremely negative way, meaning extremely bad or unpleasant. However, in informal English, it can also be used to emphasize the large degree of something, which could be either negative or positive.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Awfullyadverb

   in an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently

2. Awfullyadverb

   very; excessively

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How to pronounce awfully?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say awfully in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of awfully in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of awfully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of awfully in a Sentence

1. Philip Nitschke:

   The infusion started to drip as he activated the process — he had to do that himself — after answering questions which said he knew who he was, where he was and what he was about to do, and he answered these questions with great clarity, in fact his last words were 'This is taking an awfully long time!'.

2. Kim Jong:

   It's an enormous challenge for that country to make its shift, it has for an awfully long time told its people that those nuclear weapons were the thing that kept them secure. They now need to shift to the narrative to 'those are the things that put them at risk.'.

3. Michael Bennet:

   I feel awfully lucky that I had health insurance. It did cost $ 92,000, and if my family hadn't been insured, it would have been a disaster for us -- and it would have been a real disaster for most American families, i think about not only that, but what it would mean if you were an American citizen and you didn't have a primary care doctor who could give you a screening that let you know I had cancer.

4. The President:

   If they don't start, they won't have a problem, if they do start it's awfully tough to get off.

5. Satoshi Kodaira:

   I really only hit one bad putt — on the par-5 13th. Other than that, I just felt like the holes looked awfully big today, i made a lot of good putts today, and the greens says are rolling so good that just the holes look big.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=awfully
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Awfully
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=awfully
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awfully
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=awfully