Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- 1. With alarm; fearfully.
- In a dreadful or terrible manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a dreadful manner; terribly.
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- adverb In a
dreadful manner. - adverb
Exceptionally ,eminently , very much.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a dreadful manner
- adverb of a dreadful kind
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is not dreadfully naughty this time, but it would be next time -- _dreadfully_ naughty. "
Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker Marguerite Bryant
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“By this time you will fully understand, sir,” he said, “that what troubles me so dreadfully is the question, What does the spectre mean?”
The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004
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To say that there is anxiety as to what may develop as a result of the dire needs of European Countries which have suffered so dreadfully from the war, is to put the case mildly.
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The "desirable city residence" is thin – dreadfully thin – and accordingly susceptible to heat and cold.
Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910
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I really am suffering dreadfully from the heat; quite as ill, in a different way, as I was in winter from the cold.
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I’m afraid my family would complain dreadfully if I only washed once a week.
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Wasawahili, stung us dreadfully, which is a sign that large game visit the pool sometimes, but must not be mistaken for an indication that there is any in the immediate neighbourhood of the water.
How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004
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But they missed her, as Barby said, "dreadfully;" and she was most dearly welcomed when she came back.
Queechy 1854
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But they missed her, as Barby said, "dreadfully;" and she was most dearly welcomed when she came back.
Queechy Susan Warner 1852
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But they missed her, as Barby said, "dreadfully;" and she was most dearly welcomed when she came back.
Queechy, Volume I Susan Warner 1852
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