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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