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awfully

/aw-fuh-lee, awf-lee/US // ˈɔ fə li, ˈɔf li //UK // (ˈɔːfəlɪ, ˈɔːflɪ) //

很明显地,很明显,很明显的,很明显的是

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : very; extremely: That was awfully nice of you. He's awfully slow.
    • : in a manner provoking censure, disapproval, or the like: She behaved awfully all evening.
    • : Archaic. in a manner inspiring awe: shouting awfully the dreaded curse.in a manner expressing awe: to stare awfully.

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Examples

  • Yes, the message of the commercial was that our lives are all rich in experiences, but there’s something awfully tone-deaf and insensitive about that “billionaire” framing amid an economic crisis.

  • It arrives feeling off-topic, thematically troubled and awfully depressing.

  • I’ve been awfully lucky in my career to be exposed to many extraordinary thinkers and many situations that have been truly mind-expanding.

  • Right now they’re reeling, and last year seems awfully long ago.

  • Being the bad guy, if done right and for the right reasons, can feel awfully good.

  • I covered New York politics for 15 years, and I saw some awfully tense moments between the police and Democratic politicians.

  • But there is much more to this story, some of which will seem awfully familiar.

  • Matt and Daniel come awfully close, however, to having a pretty good guess at what the next few years will bring.

  • They can be unmade by judicial fiat, but it feels awfully cruel to do so.

  • But warplanes from the U.S.-led coalition came awfully close to striking one of their HQs.

  • Another time she might have smiled at the thought as fanciful: it seemed awfully real now.

  • They say he was awfully wild and reckless at that time, and Liszt paid his debts over and over again.

  • Because, if you were never unkind to her, like Nurse said you were, she'll be most awfully glad to see you again.

  • "Mother would be awfully cross if you walked through that ditch," says Judy, continuing a conversation.

  • She just told me so, and she showed me the papers and said there were awfully hard questions in them.