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Meanings of awfully in English

Portuguese
abissalmente

In an atrocious manner.

        abissalmente
        Portuguese
        terrivelmente

        Used as intensifiers.

              terrivelmente
              Portuguese
              horrivelmente

              Of a dreadful kind.

                    horrivelmente
                    Usage of awfully in English
                    1
                    A second later, he opened it again and said, I'm awfully sorry.
                    The new yorker
                    2
                    A year was an awfully long time to go without a man.
                    Take a Chance on Me
                    3
                    That's an awfully nice offer, Eadric, but I'm afraid it wouldn't work.
                    The frog princess
                    4
                    You're awfully young and you don't know my girl very well yet.
                    Jarka Ruus
                    5
                    But it was awfully dangerous of you to risk compromising our mission.
                    Sacrifice
                    6
                    His father must be awfully pleased -are Arthur and Jean well?'
                    Small wars: a novel
                    7
                    I said, 'I'm awfully afraid that Tooley's going to have a baby.'
                    Travels With My Aunt
                    8
                    CLASSIC Furniture has an awfully good price on a two-sofa Offaly suite.
                    The Irish Times
                    9
                    If they did, they're sure to know her again: they're awfully sharp.
                    The Princess and the Goblin
                    10
                    I want to say that I'm awfully sorry about the fire, sir.
                    Death Trance
                    11
                    Burma suits me down to the ground; I like it most awfully.
                    The Road to Mandalay: A Tale of Burma
                    12
                    You are awfully good at pissing people off when you want to.
                    For whom the minivan rolls: an aaron tucker mystery
                    13
                    But the opening scene will leave you awfully confused for a minute.
                    Reuters
                    14
                    She really wanted someone to confide in and Sonny was awfully nice.
                    Chocolate chip cookie murder
                    15
                    Champagne does nobody any harm; and I get awfully low without it.
                    The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
                    16
                    Of course it suits, and all that; but it is awfully dull.
                    The Eustace Diamonds
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