all-fired
Example Sentences
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It was Albert, not Victoria, who was so all-fired prim and proper that the term Victorian was saddled on her era as a synonym for Puritan rigidity.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Appalachian cabins never gleamed so spiffily as at Dolly Parton's new Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Country music rarely sounded so all-fired wholesome as it does at Nashville's Opryland.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And thank heavens for Irene Saltz, without whose all-fired energy Tarbox would never have achieved such an effective League of Women Voters or Fair Housing Group.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But if you think I’m so all-fired smart, you won't think so after I tell you what happened next.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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I put the first edition of Jane Eyre back on the shelf, and slid all three books in carefully because I guess it was all-fired important.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.