English adverb: awfully | |||
1. | awfully used as intensifiers | ||
Samples | Terribly interesting. I'm awful sorry. | ||
Synonyms | awful, frightfully, terribly | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
2. | awfully of a dreadful kind | ||
Samples | There was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning. | ||
Synonyms | dreadfully, horribly | ||
3. | awfully in a terrible manner | ||
Samples | She sings terribly. | ||
Synonyms | abominably, abysmally, atrociously, rottenly, terribly | ||