Awfully
Extra
Extra adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: the children tried to be extra quiet while their mother was recovering
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- He pays particular attention to the name of one of the fictional races, which seems to be awfully similar to "Kshatriya", one of the varnas (castes) of Hindu society, but with extra apostrophes.
Source: Punctuation Shaker -
Played straight with Animus, who had flatter, small eyes than most other characters with an extra circle in the cornea, which makes his stare awfully penetrating.
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Ruth Bradley (Emily) and Ruth Kearney (Jess) are Irish and hide their accents very well but you do get the occasional extra failing awfully and one episode (filmed in Wicklow) had a man with a passable accent but his mother had a thick Irish accent.
Source: Useful Notes / British Accents
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