all-fired
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
adverb
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Etymology
Origin of all-fired
First recorded in 1825–35; probably euphemism for hell-fired
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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
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
I guess she thought this was pretty all-fired important.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
There were about ten guys throwing horseshoes, and the clangs and the cheers that came from them made it seem like it was all-fired important—like it probably was to a bunch of chumps.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
"Yes; they'll have the all-firedest upheave there, before long, that ever tore a hole in the bottom of the sea."
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
Now," said he, "if this isn't a little the all-firedest muss a feller ever got into, Josh ain't no judge.
From Tempest and Sunshine by Holmes, Mary Jane
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 Ellis, Edward Sylvester
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 Alger, Horatio
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 Hosmer, James Kendall
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