all-fired

adj 1adv 1

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ADJ.

cute, important, smart, superstitious

VERB + ALL-FIRED

quit, thinks, wonder

ALL-FIRED + NOUN

outrage

PREP.

about

adj

Extreme, excessive.

It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.

adv

Extremely, thoroughly, very.

Of course, I was only stringing Jerry . . . he thinks he's so all-fired cute and smart.

Latha dear, she said resolutely, once in your life you'll just have to quit being so all-fired superstitious.

adverb — extremely

It's an all-fired outrage to tell any human creature that he's bound to hell.

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Of course, I was only stringing Jerry . . . he thinks he's so all-fired cute and smart.

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Latha dear, she said resolutely, once in your life you'll just have to quit being so all-fired superstitious.

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Sometimes I'm tired and I wonder / What's so all-fired important / About being someplace at some time

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In some senses, all-fired is marked as informal, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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