awfully

Example Sentences

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It had seemed awfully convenient that an entrance to the drive-in was at the edge of my grandpa’s old allotment land.

From Literature

“It’s just… your eye and all that. And you don’t eat. That seems an awfully strange thing for an animal who is alive.”

From Literature

At the movies, the apocalypse tends to seem awfully exciting.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s an awfully strange time for the government to start thinking of giving investors less information rather than more.

From The Wall Street Journal

For some game men, that means awfully bright trousers, worn with a wink.

From The Wall Street Journal