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awfully

aw·fully

UK/ˈɔː.fʊ.li/ US/ˈɔː.fə.li/ common

adverb

1.

used as intensifiers

  • “terribly interesting”
  • “I”
2.

of a dreadful kind

  • “there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning”
3.

in a terrible manner

  • “she sings terribly”

Origin

From awful + -ly.

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