Adverb: awfully o-f(u-)lee
- Used as an intensifier
"awfully interesting";
- terribly, awful [N. Amer], frightfully [informal]
- In a way that causes distress or dismay; to an intensely bad extent
"It was a awfully bloody accident"; "The news was awfully upsetting";
- dreadfully, horribly, devastatingly, horrendously, fearfully
- In a terrible manner
"she sings awfully";
- terribly, atrociously, abominably, abysmally, rottenly [informal], horribly, execrably, appallingly