awfully

comparative more awfully · superlative most awfully

1. Badly, terribly.

   She led after the swimming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.

2. not comparableVery; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.

   It was wondrous. 'I'm awfully glad I came now,' his thought ran; 'I'm managing it rather well.'

   1912, Arnold Bennett, The Grim Smile of the Five Towns

   1 more example

   It’s awfully considerate of you to think of me here / And I’m most obliged to you for making it clear that I’m not here

   1968, Syd Barrett, “Jugband Blues”, in A Saucerful of Secrets, performed by Pink Floyd

   Synonyms: very, extremely, terribly, acutely, almighty, badly, seriously, impossibly

3. archaicIn a manner inspiring awe.
4. archaicReverently.
5. obsoleteFearfully.

   I returned to the inn yard, and, impressed by my remembrance of the face, looked awfully around for it. It was not there.

   1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC