adv
awfully
AW-fuu-lee
adv
1
Very or extremely.
"That's awfully kind of you."
"She was awfully late for the meeting."
2
Badly or terribly.
"The project went awfully wrong."
How to Use Awfully
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishUsed to mean either "very" or "terribly badly", depending on context.
When to use it
Common in British English as a mild intensifier ("awfully sorry"), often softer in tone than it sounds.
Word Forms
more awfully comparative, most awfully superlative
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Etymology
From awful + -ly.