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词汇 awfully
释义 awfully
adverb
uk /ˈɔː.fəl.i/ us /ˈɑː.fəl.i/

awfullyadverb (GREATLY)


(USinformal alsoawful)
very or extremely, when used before an adjective or adverb: 非常;极其;十分
It's an awfully long time since we last saw each other.我们好长时间没有见面了。
I'm awfully sorry, but we've forgotten to reserve you a table.实在抱歉,我们忘记为您预订餐桌了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linguistics: very & extreme
abjectly
absolutely
abundantly
abundantly clear
beyond
biblical
downright
extraordinarily
extremely
infinitely
particularly
profoundly
stupefyingly
super
super-duper
super-spectacular
superabundantly
totally
violently
whatever

awfullyadverb (BADLY)


extremely badly: 非常糟糕地;恶劣地
England played awfully throughout the game.英格兰队整场比赛踢得一塌糊涂。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not of good quality
am-dram
appallingly
atrocious
atrociously
awfulness
cheapo
cheesy
hacky
inadequacy
inadequate
inadequately
janky
shite
skanky
sort
tawdrily
tawdriness
tawdry
trinket
wretched

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Serious and unpleasant

awfully | American Dictionary


awfully
adverb
us/ˈɔf·li, ˈɔ·fə·li/(infmlawful, us/ˈɔ·fəl/)
very or extremely:
Your fever is awfully high – I think we’d better call a doctor.
I’m awfully sorry, but there are no rooms in the hotel available right now.
We were awfully pleased when our daughter was named the best student in her class.

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awfully
All that they said was that it was an awfully long time ago and it was a great shame to dredge it all up again.
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I do not think the effect of this should be exaggerated, and there is awfully little evidence to suggest serious problems would be faced.
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We are awfully good at blaming other people for all our troubles.
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He took an awfully long time to summon his thoughts, to get his wits together and to decide that he wanted to intervene.
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Dreadful things can come from monsters, though they may look awfully nice at the start.
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There is something awfully nasty about getting up early in the morning, and many people in many walks of life feel it to be so.
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We are awfully sorry but there is no alternative in place to the system that we are going to abolish.
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He merely says how awfully inconvenient it would be if that were true.
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An awful lot of stuff is being thrown in the bin, and we have an awfully long way to go.
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Indeed, £12 million is an awfully expensive price for a headline.
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We can usually tell when we have got a slump, but we are awfully bad at recognising a boom.
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They were in awfully crowded accommodation and things were very difficult for them, but they were managing.
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He was awfully charming, but we did not get anywhere with him.
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I know that yet again it is awfully late.
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The words mean awfully little as they stand at the present time.
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