"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 Forms: more awfully [comparative], most awfully [superlative]
Etymology: From 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, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 18 38 39 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 22 37 41 0
  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, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 18 38 39 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 22 37 41 0 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 positive polarity items, English terms suffixed with -ly, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 18 38 39 3 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 2 25 31 41 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 5 22 27 40 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 27 21 52 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 22 37 41 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 24 34 42 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 25 24 48 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 0 27 24 48 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 0 23 22 55 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 28 24 48 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 3 26 23 48 0
  5. (obsolete) Fearfully. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-awfully-en-adv-xtSsZWUY

Inflected forms

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