Dreadfully
/ˈdɹɛd.fʊl.i/ adv
adv ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a dreadful manner; terribly.
"You behaved dreadfully yesterday night"
- 2 Exceptionally, eminently, very much. dated
"That restaurant seems dreadfully expensive."
Adverb
- 1 of a dreadful kind wordnet
- 2 in a dreadful manner wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"I'm a dreadfully wicked and ungrateful girl, and I deserve to be punished and cast out by respectable people forever."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dredfully, dradefullich, dredefullich; equivalent to dreadful + -ly.