All-fire

adj, adv, slang

adj, adv, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Extreme or intense in degree. informal, not-comparable

    "If you were not in such an all-fire hurry to get out of there, you would not have forgotten your purse."

Adverb
  1. 1
    To an intense degree. informal, not-comparable

    "If she's so all-fire lonely, why doesn't she ever leave her dorm room and actually meet people?"

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"If you were not in such an all-fire hurry to get out of there, you would not have forgotten your purse."

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