Awfully

Word AWFULLY
Character 7
Hyphenation aw ful ly
Pronunciations /ˈɔːfli/

Definitions and meanings of "Awfully"

What do we mean by awfully?

Badly, terribly.

Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.

In a manner inspiring awe.

Reverently.

Fearfully.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Awfully

The word "awfully" in example sentences

One reason older women dress so awfully is that they want to look young. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"The information was coming in awfully late and it is not conclusive." ❋ Unknown (2010)

The holy ability to peer into a man's soul and divine his true intentions must come in awfully handy ... but wait, doesn't the bible have a few things to say about divination? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given the evidence of a struggle, had the officers simply taken the plaintiff's word as to what had happened without investigating further, they'd have been in awfully deep the next day had she turned up severely injured, or even dead. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"They needed to win awfully bad," Charlotte coach Paul Silas said. ❋ Unknown (2001)

I write the v before my name awfully small; but anyone who knows can see it. ❋ Unknown (1923)

One grand mass standing off in awfully powerful relief, against a golden glow, reminded us of Sinai, when the mount burned with fire, and one expected to see the tables of the law appear. ❋ Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (1896)

v before my name awfully small; but anyone who knows can see it. ❋ Anonymous (1897)

And as much as I hate stereotypes, I’ll be the first to admit that they can come in awfully handy. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Smith gestures toward a definition of epidemics that focuses on its transmissibility, via communication or transportation lines, though in some cases, the term comes awfully close to existing in the eye of the beholder. ❋ Robert Teitelman (2012)

"I say, old man," he said suddenly, as Parker was letting him out, "does it occur to you that Freke's story doesn't fit in awfully well with what Anderson said about the old boy having been so jolly at dinner on Monday night? ❋ Dorothy Leigh (1923)

"Mamma was a lovely woman, everybody says so; and Tom I call awfully handsome. ❋ Unknown (1893)

“I'm Celeste Alexander,” she said, suddenly thinking her name sounded awfully formal in a Jane Austen sort of way. ❋ Phoebe Mcphee (2002)

When we recall the awfully deterrent condition in which bodies must have been that were thus provided for dissecting purposes, it is easy to understand that the enthusiasm of the students for dissection must have been at a very high pitch. ❋ James Joseph Walsh (1903)

Do they let you say "awfully"? or do they say, "No, my dear; little girls mustn't say 'awfully'; they should say 'very much indeed'"? ❋ Stuart Dodgson Collingwood (1903)

The idea suggested in these words is beyond all expression awfully sublime. ❋ Hosea Ballou (1811)

It is said that barbarous tribes use a very small vocabulary; I sometimes fear we may be going back to a savage state, when I think of the vocabulary of a modern schoolgirl, and see how much ground is covered over with these two narrow words, "awfully" and "jolly." ❋ Lucy H. M. Soulsby (N/A)

Again, 'awfully' is quite wrong, 'very' would be more correct, dear. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

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