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dreadfully

[ dred-fuh-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a dreadful way:

    The pain has increased dreadfully.

  2. very; extremely:

    Sorry to be so dreadfully late.



dreadfully

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adverb

  1. in a shocking, or disagreeable manner
  2. (intensifier)

    you're dreadfully kind

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of dreadfully1

1275–1325; Middle English. See dreadful, -ly
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“When you get such interesting and amusing film roles, it doesn’t seem dreadfully exciting to be in the 257th revival of ‘The Rivals,’†she said.

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Drab, laborious and dreadfully predictable, the Bianconeri promised change but seem to be delivering much of the same, with fewer positive results.

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Andrew Moll, the chief inspector of Marine Accidents, said it was a "cruel lesson of how rapidly things can go dreadfully wrong".

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The BBC approached Michael Ward at the Harrods headquarters and he said: "I am very dreadfully sorry for what has happened with Al Fayed."

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"I suffered dreadfully and still do with my periods but was not diagnosed until my 40s."

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