awfully Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb used as intensifiers
    awful; terribly; frightfully.
    • terribly interesting
    • I'm awful sorry
  2. adverb of a dreadful kind
    horribly; dreadfully.
    • there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
  3. adverb in a terrible manner
    rottenly; abominably; terribly; atrociously; abysmally.
    • she sings terribly

WordNet


Aw"ful*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently.
  2. Very; excessively. Slang

Webster 1913