as in extremely
to a great degree
I'm awfully sorry
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Recent Examples of awfully
The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.
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Arthur Knight,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The range-topping version of the company’s flagship SUV looks awfully similar to the Ferrari Purosangue and features a dual-motor powertrain that makes 990 hp.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
22 June 2026
The United States' second World Cup match got off to an awfully familiar start.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Meanwhile, poor Sol is blithely ignoring Jen’s warning that Sincere seemed to switch up on Melanie awfully quick and that Sincere and Melanie are very in sync.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
While there is the philosophical angle of taking the good with the bad, Allen notes that kids can get to the latter awfully easily.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Free agency looks awfully bleak for clubs targeting major upgrades this summer, which means the trade market is the primary way for teams to find external additions.
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Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
The announcer for his team sounds awfully familiar.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Los Angeles – and particularly the community that surrounds Riviera, still in recovery mode from the devastating fires that ravaged Pacific Palisades in January, 2025 – also won, with this week-long reminder that this community is still awfully special, no matter what the haters say.
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Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
Arthur Knight,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2026
The range-topping version of the company’s flagship SUV looks awfully similar to the Ferrari Purosangue and features a dual-motor powertrain that makes 990 hp.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
22 June 2026
The United States' second World Cup match got off to an awfully familiar start.
—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Meanwhile, poor Sol is blithely ignoring Jen’s warning that Sincere seemed to switch up on Melanie awfully quick and that Sincere and Melanie are very in sync.
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Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
While there is the philosophical angle of taking the good with the bad, Allen notes that kids can get to the latter awfully easily.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
Free agency looks awfully bleak for clubs targeting major upgrades this summer, which means the trade market is the primary way for teams to find external additions.
—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
The announcer for his team sounds awfully familiar.
—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
Los Angeles – and particularly the community that surrounds Riviera, still in recovery mode from the devastating fires that ravaged Pacific Palisades in January, 2025 – also won, with this week-long reminder that this community is still awfully special, no matter what the haters say.
—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awfully
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Now, multiple residents are left worried about what's to come next week with extremely hot temperatures in the forecast.
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Despite being the fourth largest economy in the world — the home of Hollywood and Silicon Valley — California’s budget is extremely dependent on the state’s most prosperous residents.
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At age 34, this very well could be the final World Cup for the 2014 Golden Boot winner at the competition.
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Until very recently, children in West Texas public schools were punished, even beaten, for speaking Spanish; today bilingual education is thriving.
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Wonderfully and terribly, everything does happen for Maddie after her adoring bear of a husband, Jake (Eric Rahill), makes a cooking video of her that goes massively viral.
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Perhaps the biggest problem with this movie is that Supergirl (Helen Slater) seems terribly leisurely about her fateful mission.
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This butter-yellow tunic feels cheerful, airy, and incredibly chic for summer.
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The producers are amazing, the writers are amazing, the director's amazing and Netflix has been nothing but incredibly supportive.
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So too did a record 400-million-barrel release from the International Energy Agency’s strategic petroleum reserves – a supply boost that’s still underway.
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The man who made a reputation by doing the impossible with African Cup of Nation wins had too little time to find the magic with Tunisia.
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These new tours further explore an important period of American history that remains highly relevant today.
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In the months since his March promotion, Andreou has worked to release the Copilot super app, scaled back the ubiquitous Copilot icons that irked Windows users, and launched Copilot Cowork to compete with Anthropic’s highly popular Claude Cowork.
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Listening to Gish, recently reissued on vinyl for its 35th anniversary, is a good reminder that the Smashing Pumpkins started out a damned fine rock band.
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But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
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Corzo, who lived a number of years in Los Angeles, said his apartment is on the east side of Caracas, so it was not hit as badly by the earthquake as other parts of the city.
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At least eight hospitals, the headquarters of the Venezuelan Red Cross, and the French embassy were among buildings reported to have been badly damaged.
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“Awfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awfully. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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