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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
awful
/ˈɔːfəl/
adjective1 of 2
very bad; horrible; terrible
- “That was just the start of a very awful trip.”Tatoeba
- “That's an awfully high price to ask someone to pay.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
adverb2 of 2
Very, extremely.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)