Definitions

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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“We are awfully close to the airport,” Mom murmured.

From Literature

The U.S. debt market has been awfully steady lately.

From Barron's

But even though Mama was right there, the space between us felt awfully wide, and getting across it seemed like a dangerous venture.

From Literature

For more than a decade, victory in the team figure-skating event had proven to be awfully slippery for the Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal