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How to express "helluva" or "extremely" in a very British way?
I know "jolly" for "very", but I'm searching for a word meaning "extremely" (so quite stronger), especially to use in a situation of heavy emotions.
I also know "f...ing", but it's too universal (and perhaps too vulgar as well).
Examples:
The intensifier bloody comes to mind, as described by vocabulary.com:
In British slang, bloody means something like “very.” That's bloody brilliant!
While this sense of the word is understood in American English, it’s very rarely used, except maybe in imitating British English. Some other dialects use it, but it’s still seen as British.
It used to be offensive enough to be frequently censored, though now the word is acceptable enough to be included in children’s literature.
With understatement, which is quintessentially British:
This is slightly stupid.
He's a bit of an idiot.
He is not my favourite person.
That film was rather good.
For more background, please see English understatement.
