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all-fired

American  
[awl-fahyuhrd] / ˈɔlˌfaɪərd /

adjective

SUPERLATIVE

all-firedest

  1. tremendous; extreme; excessive.

    He had the all-fired gall to quit in the middle of the job.

adverb

  1. Also all-firedly extremely; excessively.

    Don't be so all-fired sure of yourself.
all-fired British  

adjective

  1. (prenominal) excessive; extreme

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adverb

  1. (intensifier)

    don't be so all-fired sure of yourself!
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Etymology

Origin of all-fired

First recorded in 1825–35; probably euphemism for hell-fired

Example Sentences

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Just why one particular TV preacher is so all-fired important isn’t clear, and neither is anything else about this overwrought mess.

From New York Times

And I don't mind telling you, too, that she had been making me have considerable of a hard time of it, too; and there warn't no way of contenting her, she was so all-fired pernicketty.

From Project Gutenberg

But there," he added, after a moment, "I expect it seems kind of all-fired lonesome to a city man, don't it now?

From Project Gutenberg

Well, only last week his chickens got so all-fired hungry that they went out on the trail and tried to hold up a bull-train to get some corn.

From Project Gutenberg

I may not be so all-fired smart as you think you are, but I ain't quite a fool.

From Project Gutenberg

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