awfully meaning and definition

AWFULLY adverb

Definition of awfully (adverb)

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