Fully vs Awfully - What's the difference?
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In a full manner; without lack or defect.
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, chapter=19 In a full degree; to a full extent.
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As a minimum; at least.
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In a manner inspiring awe.
Reverently.
Badly, terribly.
(not comparable) Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
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(obsolete) Fearfully.
Fully is a related term of awfully.
As adverbs the difference between fully and awfully
is that fully is in a full manner; without lack or defect while awfully is in a manner inspiring awe.fully
English
Adverb
(en-adv)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
- The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
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Synonyms
* (in a full manner) * (to a full extent) (undifferentiated synonyms) * completely * entirely * maturely * plentifully * abundantly * plenteously * copiously * largely * amply * sufficiently * perfectlyawfully
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.'