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1. | [ adverb ] (informal) used as intensifiers, as in "terribly interesting" | |
Synonyms: | terribly awful frightfully | |
Examples: | "I'm awful sorry" |
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Related terms: | colloquialism | |
2. | [ adverb ] of a dreadful kind | |
Synonyms: | horribly dreadfully | |
Examples: | "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning" |
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Related terms: | awful atrocious dreadful awful atrocious | |
3. | [ adverb ] in a terrible manner | |
Synonyms: | atrociously abysmally abominably rottenly terribly | |
Examples: | "she sings terribly" |
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Related terms: | atrocious atrocious atrocious icky atrocious icky | |
Similar spelling: |
awful |