dreadfully
Use Dreadfully in a sentence
fə adverb
1.
in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
2.
very; extremely: Sorry to be so dreadfully late.
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| —adv | |
| 1. | in a shocking, or disagreeable manner |
| 2. | (intensifier): you're dreadfully kind |
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Dreadfully
is always a great word to know.
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Example sentences
But his conscience plagued him dreadfully for a long time afterwards.
The result is poorly implemented, non-standard interfaces and dreadfully lacking specifications.
Today, after months of calm, things went dreadfully wrong.
Something has got to be dreadfully wrong in the process.
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