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drôlement

oddly

adverb drohl-MAHN Less Common

Also means

awfully (intensifier)

Usage Note

Drôlement started as 'funnily, strangely' but in everyday spoken French it functions as an intensifier meaning 'incredibly' or 'awfully', similar to vachement. The root adjective drôle means 'funny' or 'odd'. In formal writing the intensifier use is avoided.

Examples

"C'est drôlement compliqué."

Natural Translation

It's incredibly complicated.

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