awfully

• Advérbio usado principalmente em contextos informais para indicar "muito" ou "extremamente", frequentemente com um tom negativo ou enfático. Também pode significar "de maneira terrível ou desagradável".

An adverb used primarily in informal contexts to mean 'very' or 'extremely,' often with a negative or emphatic connotation. It can also mean 'in a terrible or unpleasant manner.'

1. Very or extremelyB1informal

   Used as an intensifier to mean 'very' or 'extremely', often in informal contexts.

   Muito ou extremamente

   • It's awfully cold outside today.
   • She is awfully kind to everyone she meets.
   • That was an awfully long movie.

   Sinônimosawfuldreadfullyexceedinglyextremelyfrightfullyimmenselyreallyterriblyvery

2. In a terrible mannerB2formal

   In a way that is very bad, unpleasant, or shocking.

   Terrivelmente

   • He behaved awfully during the ceremony.
   • The team played awfully in the second half.
   • She felt awfully guilty about the mistake.

   Sinônimosabominablyappallinglyatrociouslydreadfullyfrightfullyhorriblyshockinglyterribly

   Antônimosmarvelouslywellwonderfully