dreadfully
In a dreadful manner; terriblyIn a dreadful manner; terribly.
» It'll be dreadfully hot.
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2 sensesIn a dreadful manner; terribly.
You behaved dreadfully yesterday night
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in a dreadful manner
(dated)Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
That restaurant seems dreadfully expensive.
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Examples
10 sentencesIt'll be dreadfully hot.
I'm dreadfully sorry.
Something's dreadfully wrong.
Tom is dreadfully wrong.
Tom was dreadfully killed during the last days of the war.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English dredfully, dradefullich, dredefullich; equivalent to dreadfuInherited from Middle English dredfully, dradefullich, dredefullich; equivalent to dreadful + -ly.
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Forms
more dreadfully, most dreadfully| Comparative | more dreadfully Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most dreadfully |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.