Awfully vs Seriously - What's the difference?
awfully | seriously |
In a manner inspiring awe.
Reverently.
Badly, terribly.
(not comparable) Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
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(obsolete) Fearfully.
(manner) In a serious or literal manner.
(speech act) (Used to attempt to introduce a serious point in a less serious conversation)
(speech act)
As adverbs the difference between awfully and seriously
is that awfully is in a manner inspiring awe while seriously is (manner) in a serious or literal manner.awfully
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- She led after the swiming and cycling, but ran awfully and came in fourth.
Project Gutenberg eText.
- It was wondrous. 'I'm awfully glad I came now,' his thought ran; 'I'm managing it rather well.'
Usage notes
* Adjectives to which "awfully" is often applied: good, hard, sad, nice, sorry, long, quiet, big, glad, familiar, well, difficult, tired, bad, hot, high, busy, pretty, small, cold, funny, expensive, fond, important, young, interesting, jolly, short, proud, clever, boring, strange, happy, lonely, stupid, strong, sick, pleased, old, hungry, afraid, silly.Synonyms
* (very) very, extremely, terriblyseriously
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He was hoping that we would take him seriously .
- ''Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously .
- Now, seriously , why did you forget to feed the cat today?
- You baked 10 cakes. Seriously , why did you do that?