all-fired
Americanadjective
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all-firedest
superlative
adverb
adjective
adverb
Other Word Forms
Adjective Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of all-fired
First recorded in 1825–35; probably euphemism for hell-fired
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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
It was a blue piece of paper, which I guess made it all-fired important.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
I put the first edition of Jane Eyre back on the shelf, and slid all three books in carefully because I guess it was all-fired important.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
There ain't but one man can whip his weight in wildcats and tell the all-firedest yarns out.
From Joe's Luck Always Wide Awake by Horatio Alger
You know McGable in course, and must know he's the all-firedest varmint that tramps.
From The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life by Edward Sylvester Ellis
"My Mary Ann med me a pie t' other day, was the all-firedest best pie I ever et."
From Back Home by Eugene Wood
Bless yer, you're de all-firedest fools I eber see'd.
From The Ranger or The Fugitives of the Border by Edward Sylvester Ellis
As I brought out with emphasis the "all-firedest, biggest bug," I noticed that a frost fell on the mirth, silence reigned for a moment interrupted only by gasps from the ladies.
From The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by James Kendall Hosmer
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