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AWFULLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used as intensifiers

Example:

I'm awful sorry

Synonyms:

awful; awfully; frightfully; terribly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a terrible manner

Example:

she sings terribly

Synonyms:

abominably; abysmally; atrociously; awfully; rottenly; terribly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

awful (exceptionally bad or displeasing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of a dreadful kind

Example:

there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning

Synonyms:

awfully; dreadfully; horribly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

awful (causing fear or dread or terror)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I certainly am awfully glad to see you again.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)