With any luck they arrived early, because his outing was awfully short.

"Don't you think this is awfully short notice, since you want me to drive?"

Awfully short notice, she thought, but that's the way they were living these days.

From what I hear the department is awfully short of funds.

A week isn't a long honeymoon and it's an awfully short married life.

They could be awfully short of cars if there is a strike.

Three weeks is an awfully short time for these three countries.

Also we seem to be awfully short of knives.

Her instinct was to like the little creature-but they were running awfully short of meat.

September 8 The woman says it's Tuesday, and we're running awfully short.