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adverb
1.
very; extremely: That was awfully nice of you. He's awfully slow.
2.
in a manner provoking censure, disapproval, or the like: She behaved awfully all evening.
3.
Archaic.
a.
in a manner inspiring awe: shouting awfully the dreaded curse.
b.
in a manner expressing awe: to stare awfully.
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Awfully
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
awfully
c.1300, "so as to inspire reverence," from awful (q.v.). Meaning "dreadfully, so as to strike one with awe" is recorded from late 14c. As a simple intensifier, "very, exceedingly," recorded from c.1830.
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