Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a dire manner; fearfully.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a dire manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a dire manner

Etymologies

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dire +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • You, on the other hand, adjure that my posts are "frothed with more like despair, and dissatisfaction", and are "almost void or lacking the bolstering of support her new found home town direly needs".

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  • I sense her posts are almost void or lacking the bolstering of support her new found home town direly needs at this time the media without conscience blemishes the city even more.

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  • You, on the other hand, adjure that my posts are "frothed with more like despair, and dissatisfaction", and are "almost void or lacking the bolstering of support her new found home town direly needs".

    Page 2 2010

  • I made certain business requests and I was very pleasantly surprised as to how they were going out of there way to help, and managed to get done with what I direly needed.

    Developing An Ear for Spanish 2009

  • I sense her posts are almost void or lacking the bolstering of support her new found home town direly needs at this time the media without conscience blemishes the city even more.

    Page 2 2010

  • I made certain business requests and I was very pleasantly surprised as to how they were going out of there way to help, and managed to get done with what I direly needed.

    Developing An Ear for Spanish 2009

  • I made certain business requests and I was very pleasantly surprised as to how they were going out of there way to help, and managed to get done with what I direly needed.

    Developing An Ear for Spanish 2009

  • I made certain business requests and I was very pleasantly surprised as to how they were going out of there way to help, and managed to get done with what I direly needed.

    Developing An Ear for Spanish 2009

  • I made certain business requests and I was very pleasantly surprised as to how they were going out of there way to help, and managed to get done with what I direly needed.

    Developing An Ear for Spanish 2009

  • I made certain business requests and I was very pleasantly surprised as to how they were going out of there way to help, and managed to get done with what I direly needed.

    Developing An Ear for Spanish 2009

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