awfully
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
used as intensifiers
terribly interesting
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 2 adverb
of a dreadful kind
there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
Related & opposite
- frightful derived from
- frightening derived from
- dreadful derived from
Sense 3 adverb
in a terrible manner
she sings terribly
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | frightful |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | frightening |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | dreadful |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | awful |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | icky |