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awfully::adverb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | awful, frightfully, terribly |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dreadfully, horribly |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abominably, abysmally, atrociously, rottenly, terribly |
Examples of awfully
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Providence hit a lot clutch free throws in an awfully noisy and hot environment.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Among the also-rans in the preps for the Run for the Roses, he ran awfully hard.
From the usatoday.com
Also defended awfully well for a guy who was benched in January for his defense.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Bernie also included two beers that strayed awfully far into the imperial realm.
From the nytimes.com
Urban Meyer must be getting awfully tired of answering questions about injuries.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Garcia is 17-under par over his last three rounds, so it must feel awfully easy.
From the denverpost.com
One hundred weeks is an awfully long time to be living on the government's dole.
From the theatlantic.com
The vineyards, with their ivy and gnarled grape plants, feel awfully fancy, too.
From the denverpost.com
We'd have to be awfully comfortable for me to justifying buying a $16,000 purse.
From the post-gazette.com
- Terribly: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"
- Dreadfully: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning"
- (awful) atrocious: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
- (awful) causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous ...
- (awful) nasty: offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood"; "a nasty accident"; "a nasty shock"; "a nasty smell"; "a nasty trick to pull"; "Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
- (awful) awed: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads"
- (awful) frightful: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"
- (awful) amazing: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing ...
- (Awful (song)) "Awful" is the twelfth single, and also third EP, by American alternative rock band Hole, from their third studio album Celebrity Skin. ...
