drefful

I think you would still hurt yourself 'drefful' if you could help someone else. "

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. Various

He was drefful sick at last 'n' suffered a heap, 'n' one day he got up offen his bed 'n' tuk down Nath's gun 'n' shot hisself as cool as could be.

Lodusky 1995

'The chair hurted baby drefful, but it might hurted poor mammy worser:' that was what you said.

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. Various

I told him I hadn't no use for the garrit, 'cept to dry my yarbs in (for I think yarbs are drefful good in case o' sickness, Miss Coffin, -- don't you?)

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 Various

"Honey, darlin ', ye a'n't right, -- dar's a drefful mistake somewhar," she said.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various

So again her clear voice rang out, "Miss Dobbs is drefful cross, isn't she, Anna?"

The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 Various

"I expect, Long, you sailors hev a drefful hard, onsartain time navigatin ', don't ye?"

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Various

He swore sich drefful oaths ah was afeered de trees by de roadside was gwine to fall on 'em.

The Kentucky Ranger Edward T. Curnick

And to shut their eyes up, so that they won't suspect nothin ', we'll leave a message on one of your pasteboards that you're very sorry not to hev' seen her, drefful sorry, but that you can't wait no longer, and you are off.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various

"Don't you know there's bears in Copsley Wood, and lions and tigers and effelants, and -- and -- oh, heaps of drefful fings!" explained Joan, as glibly as if she had in person penetrated the many mysteries that -- to her infant mind -- were hidden in the cool, dark depths of the old pine wood.

Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls Frances Browne Arthur