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all-firedUS informal adverbExtremely: if I was so all-fired bright why did I have to keep learning this same thing over and over?...- I was noting again the weird way in which the American press has done such a fine job reporting the scandal, and then turned around and done such an all-fired atrocious job analyzing the scandal.
- Calling your hero ‘The Man Without Fear’ doesn't really mean much when the audience can't clearly see what's supposed to be so all-fired frightening.
- So before I go spouting off about bishops full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, I think I should give them time and stop being so all-fired distrustful.
adjectiveExtreme: we were in such an all-fired hurry to get there...- You remember, we were in such an all-fired hurry to get there, that we couldn't wait until the United Nations actually completed their search for weapons of mass destruction.
- Being in a huge rush to condemn can be, shall we say, an all-fired source of trouble when we stand before the pearly gates.
- You're the one who's in an all-fired hurry this morning.
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