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The phrase "awfully smart" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is very intelligent, often with a hint of irony or sarcasm.
Example: "Despite his casual demeanor, he is awfully smart and always surprises us with his insights."
Alternatives: "incredibly smart" or "remarkably intelligent.".
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"Everyone said: 'This guy is awfully smart.
'Benny is an awfully smart boxer.
It wasn't until the joke about passing gas that I realized that Richard Bean's riotous crowd-pleaser "One Man, Two Guvnors" is an awfully smart show.
Rumors about Chicama and Pipa, the awfully smart restaurants on the ground floor of the ABC Carpet & Home building, have been swirling around for a while.
It had just one bedroom, but its lineage was awfully smart: it had been built between 1959 and 1961 for Margaret Esherick, a relative of the sculptor Wharton Esherick, who gave the home its name, Esherick House.
An awfully smart novel of brute juxtaposition that crosscuts between two screening rooms of the mind: a cell in Beirut where an American hostage is held and a virtual-reality lab in Seattle.
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Though they seem awfully fresh.
Elgato's Mac-only HDHomeRun combines a digital TV tuner and EyeTV software in one smart, if not awfully named, package.
It looks awfully small.
"I haven't been smart, but I've been awfully lucky," he says.
She's awfully easy on the eyes, and obviously smart and an important professional forerunner.
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