awfully

[aw-fuh-lee, awf-lee] / ˈɔ fə li, ˈɔf li /

ADVERB

badly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dreadfully wickedly

WEAK

clumsily disgracefully disreputably inadequately incompletely poorly reprehensibly shoddily unforgivably unpleasantly wretchedly

ADVERB

very

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dreadfully excessively extremely hugely immensely quite terribly truly

WEAK

badly greatly indeed much very much

Example Sentences

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‘Our tech weighting is awfully close to zero.’

From MarketWatch

“Sing and shut up” can look awfully appealing after you’ve seen what can happen when one of your fellow musicians gets it wrong.

From Salon

“So, not-dog, what are you doing in this cave? Seems awfully tight in there.”

From Literature

It would be an absolute disaster and awfully embarrassing.

From BBC

The Fed can be awfully persuasive, and there are also some common interests that’ll lead banks to cooperate.

From MarketWatch