adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
desperately/terribly/dreadfully unhappy
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It was the first time she had been away from home and she was desperately unhappy.
terribly/dreadfully/horribly wrong
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Harry felt sure that something was terribly wrong.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dreadfully overcrowded trains and frequent cancellations made commuting an ordeal.
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I am dreadfully sorry for any damage I may have caused.
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You must be dreadfully disappointed!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anna's arm hurt dreadfully , worse than when she'd fallen off the top of the climbing frame at the nursery.
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His face was mine, but distorted dreadfully .
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I felt dreadfully inadequate in the face of this material.
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I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long.
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Precedent counts for much, especially in the dreadfully slow handling of individual cases.
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To observe that something precious has been lost, covered over, and denied is regarded as dreadfully unsophisticated.