all-fired
Americanadjective
superlative
all-firedestadverb
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of all-fired
First recorded in 1825–35; probably euphemism for hell-fired
Example Sentences
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Appalachian cabins never gleamed so spiffily as at Dolly Parton's new Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Country music rarely sounded so all-fired wholesome as it does at Nashville's Opryland.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was Albert, not Victoria, who was so all-fired prim and proper that the term Victorian was saddled on her era as a synonym for Puritan rigidity.
From Time Magazine Archive
And thank heavens for Irene Saltz, without whose all-fired energy Tarbox would never have achieved such an effective League of Women Voters or Fair Housing Group.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Well, yes, I do, but ye don’t hev to be in sech a all-fired hurry. I want ye to tell me somethin’.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
In English, Miss Cowper was throwing us into the Introduction to Poetry Unit like it was as all-fired important as the moon shot.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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