awful adv.
awfully, very, extremely.
![]() | Americans Abroad I i: An awful desperate, gawky kind of fellow. | |
![]() | Clockmaker I 154: English quality ladies were awful bold. | |
![]() | Life in the Far West (1849) 57: They became [...] ‘awful fond,’ and consequently about once a-week had their tiffs and makes-up. | |
![]() | ‘Cuthbert Bede’ Adventures of Mr Verdant Green (1982) I 7: So he warms him too; and then we go on all jolly. It’s awful fun, I can tell you. | |
![]() | ‘Joe Bowers’ in Songs of the Amer. West (1968) 97: She’d married with a butcher, whose har was orful red! | et al.|
![]() | Trail of the Serpent 210: They’ve been a chaffing of him awful. | |
![]() | Wild Boys of London I 36/2: We has passed five men as squinted hawful. | |
![]() | In Strange Company 7: She grabs all they earn [...] and punches them about orful cos they don’t bring her more. | |
![]() | Cultivator and Country Gentleman (US) 10 Dec. 799/1: ‘Awful’ is considered a better word than very, and we are awful cold, or hot, or sick, or jolly, as the case may be. | |
![]() | Horrible London 140: Mother drinks ‘awful.’ Dropped baby on pavement. | |
![]() | Fables in Sl. (1902) 140: Marie turned him down for a Bucket Shop Man, who was not Handsome, but was awful Generous. | |
![]() | Battle with the Slum 251: The Kid’s been cussin’ awful. | |
![]() | Marvel III:53 7: ‘You say he looked fearfully scared after the thing was done?’ ‘Awful!’ said Kippers. | |
![]() | Varmint 254: It was awful white! | |
![]() | Making of an Englishman II 198: She did go on awful when a’ got ’ome. | |
![]() | in Sat. Eve. Post Treasury (1954) 1 July 266: Edith’s pretty awful sedate. | |
![]() | Vile Bodies 133: I say, I’ve met an awful good chap called Miles. Regular topper. | |
![]() | Grapes of Wrath (1951) 210: She ain’t breathin’ at all. She’s awful dead. | |
![]() | Bound for Glory (1969) 369: You know, you’re an awful, awful smart girl. | |
![]() | Lay My Burden Down 160: Massa Black was awful cruel. | |
![]() | Little Men, Big World 63: Her old man kicked her out. That’s awful strict. | |
![]() | One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding 75: An here we go, jes a-wingdingin something awful, jes a-drivin home like we boff gonna flip. | |
![]() | Shiner Slattery 71: On this day Michael Doolan ‘was carrying on something awful’. | |
![]() | Cutter and Bone (2001) 38: People want this guy awful bad. | |
![]() | That Eye, The Sky 117: Mum came in and went crook something awful. |