Awfully

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awfully \Aw"ful*ly\, adv.
     1. In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or
        awe; fearfully; reverently.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Very; excessively. [Slang]


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  awfully
       adv 1: used as intensifiers; "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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  139 Moby Thesaurus words for "awfully":
     abominably, agonizingly, alarmingly, almighty, appallingly,
     astoundingly, atrociously, awe-inspiringly, awesomely, awful,
     awingly, badly, baldly, balefully, basely, bestially, big,
     bitterly, bizarrely, blatantly, brashly, brutally, confoundedly,
     contemptibly, cruelly, damnably, damned, deadly, deathly,
     despicably, detestably, deucedly, disconcertingly, disgustingly,
     dismayingly, distressingly, dolorously, dreadful, dreadfully,
     eerily, egregiously, exceedingly, excessively, excruciatingly,
     exorbitantly, extraordinarily, extravagantly, extremely, fearfully,
     flagrantly, forbiddingly, foully, frightfully, fulsomely, ghastly,
     greatly, grievously, grossly, gruesomely, hellishly, hideously,
     horrendously, horribly, horridly, horrifically, horrifyingly,
     hugely, improperly, incomparably, inexcusably, infamously,
     infernally, inordinately, intolerably, just, lamentably,
     loathsomely, mightily, mighty, miserably, much, mysteriously,
     nakedly, nastily, nauseatingly, notoriously, numinously,
     obnoxiously, odiously, offensively, only too, openly, outrageously,
     painfully, piteously, powerful, powerfully, pretty, quite, real,
     really, remarkably, repugnantly, repulsively, revoltingly, right,
     sadly, savagely, scandalously, shabbily, shamefully, shatteringly,
     shockingly, so, something awful, something fierce, sordidly,
     sorely, staggeringly, startlingly, terribly, terrifically,
     torturously, tremendously, unashamedly, unbearably, uncannily,
     unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably, very, very much, viciously,
     vilely, weirdly, whacking, whopping, woefully, wretchedly