all-fire in English

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        "head": "all-fire"
      },
      "expansion": "all-fire (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you were not in such an all-fire hurry to get out of there, you would not have forgotten your purse."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extreme or intense in degree."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Extreme or intense in degree."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "all-fire"
}

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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If she's so all-fire lonely, why doesn't she ever leave her dorm room and actually meet people?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To an intense degree."
      ],
      "id": "all-fire-en-adv-QO62WEMS",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To an intense degree."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "all-fire"
}

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    "English adverbs",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
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  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you were not in such an all-fire hurry to get out of there, you would not have forgotten your purse."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Extreme or intense in degree."
      ],
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        "(informal) Extreme or intense in degree."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "all-fire"
}

{
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    "English adverbs",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncomparable adverbs"
  ],
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        "head": "all-fire"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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    {
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        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If she's so all-fire lonely, why doesn't she ever leave her dorm room and actually meet people?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To an intense degree."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To an intense degree."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "all-fire"
}

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"all-fire" meaning in English

Adjective

Adverb