pow'ful

So, I've noticed a pattern, as enny fool kin plainly see. ah cook fo 'Curtis, he gits pow'ful frisky an' seems t'reckon it's his solemn duty t'pleasure me an 'pleasure me fine af'er we haf ett up -- ah's reckonin' ah's a-gonna be cookin 'a LOT mo'e offen then mah no'mal Sunday fare. ah mean,' dn't yo '?

madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2002

But dadburn it looks purdy out thar now. ah dumped an 'scratched in a'fa'fa pellets into all th' pots an 'flower beds an' soon they sh'd be nearly leapin 'out at me. ah pow'ful sh'd vaccum up th' dry cleanin 'carpet stuff ah dumped all on over a couple of days ago befo'e ah go t'church.

madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2002

"What's this?" says I. "Oh, massa," says the wenches, "Hermia she pow'ful sick; she real po'ly, she is."

Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

"What's this?" says I. "Oh, massa," says the wenches, "Hermia she pow'ful sick; she real po'ly, she is."

Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

Oh, bless yo 'soul, if you puts yo' mother up for as big a fool as you is, you's pow'ful mistaken, I kin tell you!

Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955

Bofe of us is imitation _white_ -- dat's what we is -- en pow'ful good imitation, too.

Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955

It 'uz pow'ful hot, deckhan's en roustabouts uz sprawled aroun asleep on de fo'cas'l', de second mate, Jim Bangs, he sot dah on de bitts wid his head down, asleep -- 'ca'se dat's de way de second mate stan' de cap'n's watch!

Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955

You got to be pison good, en let him see it; you got to do everything dat'll make him b'lieve in you, en you got to sweeten aroun 'ole Aunt Pratt, too -- she's pow'ful strong with de Jedge, en de bes' frien 'you got.

Pudd'nhead Wilson 1955

"Den I's pow'ful glad I got ma golden image when I did, dat's suah!" exclaimed Eradicate.

Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground Victor [pseud.] Appleton

Why, dere's a pow'ful lot de mattah, an 'dat's de truff.

Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road Victor [pseud.] Appleton