"awfully" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɔːfʊli/ [UK], /ˈɔːfəli/ [UK], /ˈɔːfli/ [UK], /ˈɔfəli/ [General-American], /ˈɑfəli/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-awfully.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more awfully [comparative], most awfully [superlative]
Etymology: awful + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|awful|ly}} awful + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} awfully (comparative more awfully, superlative most awfully)
  1. Badly, terribly.
    Sense id: en-awfully-en-adv-Yf5bctbm
  2. (not comparable) Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: very, extremely, terribly, extremely
    Sense id: en-awfully-en-adv-IGo9lMea Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English positive polarity items, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 35 35 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 40 23 30 4 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 2 42 22 32 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 5 36 21 33 6
  3. (archaic) In a manner inspiring awe. Tags: archaic Translations (in an awe-inspiring manner): strašně (Czech), φοβερά (foverá) (Greek), τρομερά (tromerá) (Greek), страшно (strašno) (Russian), asombroso (Spanish), k' araedje (Walloon), carapmint (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-awfully-en-adv-720sGOpS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 35 35 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 5 36 21 33 6 Disambiguation of 'in an awe-inspiring manner': 2 1 97 0 0
  4. (archaic) Reverently. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-awfully-en-adv-V9Vr9rG2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 35 35 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 5 36 21 33 6
  5. (obsolete) Fearfully. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-awfully-en-adv-xtSsZWUY

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for awfully meaning in English (5.1kB)

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