What does awfully mean?
Definitions for awfully
ˈɔ fə li, ˈɔf liaw·ful·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word awfully.
Princeton's WordNet
terribly, awfully, awful, frightfullyadverb
used as intensifiers
"terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"
dreadfully, awfully, horriblyadverb
of a dreadful kind
"there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning"
terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenlyadverb
in a terrible manner
"she sings terribly"
Wiktionary
awfullyadverb
In a manner inspiring awe.
awfullyadverb
Reverently.
awfullyadverb
Badly, terribly.
She led after the swiming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.
awfullyadverb
Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
awfullyadverb
Fearfully.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Awfullyadverb
in an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently
Awfullyadverb
very; excessively
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of awfully in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of awfully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of awfully in a Sentence
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!'.
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.'.
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.
If they don't start, they won't have a problem, if they do start it's awfully tough to get off.
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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