Awfully and Pretty

Awfully

Awfully adverb - To a great degree.

Pretty and awfully are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretty" instead an adverb "Awfully".

Nearby Word: awful

Pretty

Pretty adverb - To some degree or extent.

Awfully and pretty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Awfully" instead an adverb "Pretty".

Nearby Words: prettily, prettied, prettying

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Often, when you've got a pretty good and recognizable actor, there will be an actor who is awfully similar except that he's not quite as good/famous/busy/whatever.
  • Also, in a non-Foe Yay vein, the almost-all-male team that develops later in the book is pretty much emotionally polyamorous, if not sexually— and everybody is awfully concerned about how everyone else is holding up.
  • Ho Yay / Film All of "Pretty Women" has an awfully homoerotic vibe, what with the way Sweeney and Turpin are all singing together while Sweeney rubs his hands around Turpin's face, neck, and shoulders.
    Source: Ho Yay / Film
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