dreadfully

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdɹɛd.fʊl.i/ See IPA manual

Freq #21186

Meanings

1

adv
very badly or unpleasantly

The plan went dreadfully wrong.
2

adv
very or extremely

I am dreadfully sorry for the delay.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · very badly or unpleasantly terribly horribly

2 adv · very or extremely very extremely

More awfully

Opposites

wonderfully pleasantly

Word family

Related forms dreadful dread

Etymology

From dreadful + -ly; inherited in older forms from Middle English.

dredfully Middle English

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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