DREADFULLY


Meaning of DREADFULLY in English

-f(ə)lē, -li adverb

Etymology: Middle English dredfully, from dredful + -ly

1. : with dread

he looked dreadfully over his shoulder to see if he were followed — Eric Linklater

2. : in such a way as to cause dread : frighteningly

the war whoop ripped dreadfully through the dewy greenness and freshness — Majory S. Douglas

3. : in such a manner or to such a degree as to excite repugnance, pity, disgust, dissatisfaction, or unpleasantness

her response to all her varied experiences strikes the reader as dreadfully deficient in both thought and feeling — A.S.P.Woodhouse

4. : extremely , exceedingly

I'm dreadfully tired, dreadfully stupid, nervy, worked up — Walter de la Mare

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.