Definition of awfull
1. awfully [ r ] (informal) used as intensifiers, as in "terribly interesting"
Examples:
"I'm awful sorry"
(The Providence Journal...)
It is awfully talky , for_instance , and not all_of the talk is terribly impressive .
(Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)
The daughter replied , `` Oh , I had dinner with - well , you do n't know him but he 's awfully nice - and we went_to a_couple_of places - I do n't suppose you 've heard of them - and we finished_up at a cute little night_club - I forget the name of it .
(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)
`` It must be awfully good for them .
And awfully kind of Arlene '' , she told us later .
Synonyms terribly awfully awful frightfully Related Terms colloquialism2. awfully [ r ] of a dreadful kind
Examples:
"there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning"
3. awfully [ r ] in a terrible manner
Examples:
"she sings terribly"
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