Dreadfully

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dreadfully \Dread"ful*ly\, adv.
     In a dreadful manner; terribly. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dreadfully
       adv 1: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident
              on the road this morning" [syn: {awfully}, {horribly}]
       2: 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" [syn: {dismally}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  112 Moby Thesaurus words for "dreadfully":
     abominably, agonizingly, alarmingly, appallingly, astoundingly,
     atrociously, awful, awfully, baldly, balefully, banefully, basely,
     bestially, big, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, brutally,
     confoundedly, contemptibly, cruelly, damnably, damned, deadly,
     deathly, despicably, detestably, deucedly, direly, disconcertingly,
     disgustingly, dismayingly, distressingly, dolorously, dreadful,
     egregiously, exceedingly, excessively, excruciatingly,
     exorbitantly, extravagantly, extremely, fearfully, flagrantly,
     forbiddingly, foully, frightfully, fulsomely, ghastly, grievously,
     grimly, grossly, gruesomely, hellishly, hideously, horrendously,
     horribly, horridly, horrifically, horrifyingly, improperly,
     inexcusably, infamously, infernally, inordinately, intolerably,
     lamentably, loathsomely, miserably, nakedly, nastily, nauseatingly,
     notoriously, obnoxiously, odiously, offensively, openly,
     outrageously, painfully, piteously, repugnantly, repulsively,
     revoltingly, sadly, savagely, scandalously, shabbily, shamefully,
     shatteringly, shockingly, something awful, something fierce,
     sordidly, sorely, staggeringly, startlingly, strikingly,
     surpassingly, terribly, terrifically, torturously, tragically,
     tremendously, unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, unduly,
     unpardonably, viciously, vilely, woefully, wretchedly