dreadfully

[ dred-fuh-lee ]
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adverb
  1. in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.

  2. very; extremely: Sorry to be so dreadfully late.

Origin of dreadfully

1
1275–1325; Middle English. See dreadful, -ly

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British Dictionary definitions for dreadfully

dreadfully

/ (ˈdrɛdfʊlɪ) /


adverb
  1. in a shocking, or disagreeable manner

  2. (intensifier): you're dreadfully kind

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