different between awfully vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

awful +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???f?li/, /???f?li/, /???fli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??f?li/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??f?li/

Adverb

awfully (comparative more awfully, superlative most awfully)

1. Badly, terribly.

2. (not comparable) Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.

   Synonyms: very, extremely, terribly; see also Thesaurus:extremely
3. (archaic) In a manner inspiring awe.
4. (archaic) Reverently.
5. (obsolete) Fearfully.

Usage notes

• Adjectives to which "awfully" is often applied: good, hard, sad, nice, sorry, long, quiet, big, glad, familiar, well, difficult, tired, bad, hot, high, busy, pretty, small, cold, funny, expensive, fond, important, young, interesting, jolly, short, proud, clever, boring, strange, happy, lonely, stupid, strong, sick, pleased, old, hungry, afraid, silly.

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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