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Meanings of awfully long in English

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Usage of awfully long in English
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A year was an awfully long time to go without a man.
Take a Chance on Me
2
The bartender is taking an awfully long time to find that bottle.
The Jennifer Morgue
3
And she was getting very tired, the day here was awfully long.
The Reality Dysfunction
4
It would have to be at such awfully long range, wouldn't it.
Living Alone
5
The reality is we've gone an awfully long way down the path already.
News.com.au
6
We've been mismanaging the health service for an awfully long time.
The Guardian
7
Even the mailbox seemed an awfully long way away from the house now.
Ashes and bones: an emma fielding mystery
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Yet it seemed as if an awfully long time had passed.
Pinball, 1973
9
Firstly, it's been an awfully long time since westerns figured at the box-office.
The Irish Times
10
That is an awfully long time for jobs to be scarce.
News.com.au
11
And he's worked in this world for an awfully long time.
Wired
12
That it's taking the pathologist an awfully long time to get out here.
Firewall
13
It's just that there seems to be an awfully long queue.
The Irish Times
14
They've been curled up like that for an awfully long while.
Spiral
15
An awfully long string apparently, because the reel kept unwinding into my head.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
16
Only problem is, all the good work was done an awfully long time ago.
The Guardian
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