awfully adv

1 used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" [syn: terribly, awful, frightfully]

2 of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning" [syn: dreadfully, horribly]

3 in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: terribly, atrociously, abominably, abysmally, rottenly]

English

Adverb

1. In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently.
2. Very; excessively.
   • 1912, Arnold Bennett, The Grim Smile of the Five Towns, Project Gutenberg eText.

     It was wondrous. 'I'm awfully glad I came now,' his thought ran; 'I'm managing it rather well.'

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