all-fire

all-fire
Extreme or intense in degree (used to express mild disapproval or reproof)

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

2. adverb
To an intense degree (used to express mild disapproval or reproof)

If shes so all-fire lonely, why doesnt she ever leave her dorm room and actually meet people?


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