Awfully
Kind of
Kind of adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: those sheets are kind of new, so use something else to cover the floor while painting
Both terms in one sentence
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Kind of creepy..especially since they look awfully familiar to those of the pink elephants.
Source: Comic Strip / Little Lulu - Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Percy is awfully quick to label friends he met a few days ago as "family." This is because they ARE family (in a twisted, mythical not-exactly-blood-relations kind of way).
Source: The Dulcinea Effect
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