Definition of Dreadfully

1. Adverb. Of a dreadful kind. "There was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning"

Exact synonyms: Awfully, Horribly
Partainyms: Awful, Dreadful, Horrible

2. Adverb. In a dreadful manner. "As he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed"
Exact synonyms: Dismally
Partainyms: Dreadful

Definition of Dreadfully

1. adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly.

Definition of Dreadfully

1. Adverb. In a dreadful manner. ¹

2. Adverb. Exceptionally, eminently, very much. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dreadfully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreadfully

drayhorse
draying
drayman
draymen
drays
drazel
drazels
dread
dread(a)
dreadable
dreaded
dreader
dreaders
dreadful
dreadfull
dreadfully
dreadfulness
dreadfulnesses
dreadfuls
dreading
dreadingly
dreadless
dreadlessness
dreadlock
dreadlocked
dreadlocking
dreadlocks
dreadly
dreadnaught
dreadnaughts

Literary usage of Dreadfully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1883)
"... and go on board ship—A storm arises, during which I am dreadfully frightened —Ship founders—Myself and crew saved by a boat from another vessel, ..."

2. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"As these notes will probably now be published, I ran say that in my opinion my Lord has been dreadfully used up, and if you don't howl with delight when you ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1816)
"There were, indeed, appearances which a boding mind might regard as presaging an interruption of the calm succeeding a tempest so dreadfully and widely ..."

4. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"... solid merit is far above that of any half-dozen of these lilliputian upstarts. And so, betwixt hope and fear, I remain, Your dreadfully agitated WATCH. ..."

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