adv
Meaning 1
Badly, terribly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She led after the swimming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
awfully
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɔː.fʊ.li/
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UK: /ˈɔː.fə.li/
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UK: /ˈɔː.fli/
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General-American: /ˈɔ.f(ə.)li/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑ.f(ə.)li/
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 F L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: AO1 F AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: very, extremely, terribly, acutely, awfully, almighty, badly, beyond, damn, drastically, exceedingly, extraordinarily, highly, hugely, immensely, indecently, insanely, intensely, jolly, mightily, murrain, severely, strikingly, very much, violently, wicked, wildly
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
In a manner inspiring awe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
Reverently.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 5
Fearfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
used as intensifiers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- terribly interesting
- I'm awful sorry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: terribly, awful, frightfully
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 7
in a terrible manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she sings terribly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: terribly, atrociously, abominably, abysmally, rottenly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 8
of a dreadful kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dreadfully, horribly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English awful Middle English -ly English -ly English awfully From awful + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: strašně — in an awe-inspiring manner
- Greek: φοβερά (foverá) — in an awe-inspiring manner
- Greek: τρομερά (tromerá) — in an awe-inspiring manner
- Russian: страшно (strašno) — in an awe-inspiring manner
- Spanish: asombroso — in an awe-inspiring manner
- Walloon: k' araedje — in an awe-inspiring manner
- Walloon: carapmint — in an awe-inspiring manner