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Dreadfully

//ˈdɹɛd.fʊl.i// adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a dreadful manner; terribly.

    "You behaved dreadfully yesterday night"

  2. 2
    Exceptionally, eminently, very much. dated

    "That restaurant seems dreadfully expensive."

Adverb
  1. 1
    of a dreadful kind wordnet
  2. 2
    in a dreadful manner wordnet

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dredfully, dradefullich, dredefullich; equivalent to dreadful + -ly.

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