powahful

"He's got a powahful sight of appetite fo 'a po' man," explained the darky fluently.

Kenny Leona Dalrymple

"Dey's powahful oncomfo'table," grumbled Uncle Jonah.

The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo

Lord, he's a powahful wuthless bird, but he's all I'se got.

Uncle Noah's Christmas Inspiration Leona Dalrymple

He's one o 'dese little yaller men, an' you know dey kin be powahful contra'y when dey sets dey hai'd to it.

Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day Various

De cat, it riz up and stretch an 'it seem powahful big.

The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo

Say, do you all know Marse used to keep stuffed sausage in his smoke hous 'fo' yeahs an 'it wuz shure powahful good when it wuz cooked.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives Work Projects Administration

"I comes yere mornin's foh he's up -- an I 'clare to goodness, sah, I needs de money mos' powahful."

Uncle Noah's Christmas Inspiration Leona Dalrymple

"In de basement," said Aunt Esmerelda, "an 'it's powahful dark down deh."

The Cat in Grandfather's House Carl Henry Grabo

Yo 'ways am ways of pleasantness, and all yo' paths is peace, but I'se powahful skeered you'se goin 'to be an ole maid.

The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor 1897

If she's so particular at fifteen, 'I'se powahful skeered she's gwine to be an old maid.

The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation 1897