Asked in: SSC Steno 2026 T-1
awfully in SSC previous-year questions
- SSC Steno 2026 T-1 Synonyms
Choose the option which is similar in meaning to the underlined word.
She was awfully sorry for her behavior.Answer & explanation
Answer: D) Immensely
Meaning: awfully = very, extremely, to a great degree *(अत्यंत, बहुत अधिक)*.
It was built as *awe + -ful + -ly* and once meant "in a way that fills one with dread", but in modern English it has weakened into a plain intensifier: *awfully sorry*, *awfully kind of you*.
The same softening is seen in *terribly glad*, *dreadfully sorry* and *frightfully clever*.
Here *awfully* only raises the degree of *sorry*, so the synonym must be an adverb of high degree.
immensely = to a very great degree, extremely *(अत्यधिक, बहुत अधिक)* — *She was immensely sorry for her behaviour* leaves the sense unchanged.
Why the others are wrong.
• somewhat = to a small or moderate degree *(कुछ हद तक)* — it lowers th
awfully – questions
Has awfully been asked in SSC exams?
Yes – awfully has been asked in SSC exams: SSC Steno 2026 T-1.