all-firedlyadv.
/ˌɔːlˈfʌɪədli/, /ˈɔːlˌfʌɪədli/, U.S. /ˌɔlˈfaɪ(ə)rdli/, /ˌɑlˈfaɪ(ə)rdli/, /ˈɔlˌfaɪ(ə)rdli/, /ˈɑlˌfaɪ(ə)rdli/ slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Now rare.
Excessively, extremely; thoroughly. Frequently as an intensifier. Cf. all-fired adv.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively
cruellyc1385
overa1400
fullc1400
parlouslyc1425
mortalc1440
perilousc1440
spitefulc1450
devilish1560
pestilently1567
spitefully1567
cruel1573
parlous1575
deadly1589
intolerable?1593
fellc1600
perditlya1632
excessively1634
devilishly1635
desperate1636
woundya1639
woundlya1644
desperately1653
wicked1663
killing1672
woundily1706
wounded1753
mortally1759
dreadful1762
intolerably1768
perishing1776
tremendously1776
terrifically1777
diabolically1792
woundedly1794
thundering1809
all-firedly1833
preponderously1835
painfully1839
deadlilya1843
severely1854
furiously1856
diabolish1858
fiendish1861
demonish1867
sinfully1869
fiendishly1879
thunderingly1885
only too1889
nightmarishly1891
God almighty1906
Christ almighty1945
1833 A. Greene Life & Adv. D. Duckworth II. 176 He was seldom downright drunk; but was often all-firedly sprung.
1854 A. D. Milne Uncle Sam's Farm Fence i. 8 Wonder if it is rum that makes potatoes rot so all-firedly.
1893 Cent. Mag. Sept. 708/1 Peculiar mainly in his not being so all-firedly guilty as her treatment of him makes out.
1924 H. de Sélincourt Cricket Match vi. 192 I'm most all-firedly sorry about it.
1964 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 15 May 5/1 Albert Lea's getting so all-firedly artistic, intellectual and sophisticated that pretty soon I'm going to have to wear shoes when I come to work.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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