Hypertext Webster Gateway: "awfully"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awfully \Aw"ful*ly\, adv.
1. In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or
awe; fearfully; reverently.
2. Very; excessively. [Slang]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
awfully
adv 1: (informal) used as intensifiers, as in "terribly
interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" [syn: {terribly}, {awful},
{frightfully}]
2: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident
on the road this morning" [syn: {dreadfully}, {horribly}]
3: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: {terribly},
{atrociously}, {abominably}, {abysmally}, {rottenly}]
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