awfully
Badly, terriblyBadly, terribly.
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» It's awfully cold today.
Heute ist es schrecklich kalt. — MUIRIEL
Heute ist es tierisch kalt. — Sudajaengi
Es ist furchtbar kalt heute. — raggione
Сегодня ужасно холодно. — megaton
Сегодня дико холодно. — marafon
Сьогодні жахливо холодно. — Internecivus
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 sensesBadly, terribly.
She led after the swimming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.
(not comparable)Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
(archaic)In a manner inspiring awe.
страшноstrašno
in a terrible manner
(archaic)Reverently.
(obsolete)Fearfully.
Examples
187 sentencesIt's awfully cold today.
Сьогодні жахливо холодно. — Internecivus
ruСегодня ужасно холодно. — megaton
deHeute ist es schrecklich kalt. — MUIRIEL
It's awfully hot today.
Сьогодні надзвичайно спекотно. — deniko
ruСегодня ужасно жарко. — sharptoothed
deEs ist schrecklich heiß heute. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom seems awfully busy.
Том здається надзвичайно зайнятим. — deniko
ruТом, похоже, ужасно занят. — marafon
I'm awfully tired.
Я жах як втомився. — deniko
ruЯ ужасно устал. — Olya
deIch bin furchtbar müde. — mrtaistoi
It's awfully expensive.
Це надзвичайно дорого. — deniko
ruЭто ужасно дорого. — paul_lingvo
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
more awfully, most awfully| Comparative | more awfully Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most awfully |
regular
Synonyms
35 synonyms- used as intensifiers:terriblyawfulfrightfully
- of a dreadful kind:dreadfullyhorribly
- in a terrible manner:terriblyatrociouslyabominablyabysmallyrottenly
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
Collocations
5 patterns- seems awfully
- awfully quiet
- awfully quiet today
- awfully skinny
- awfully sorry
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.