'Dreadfully' definitions:
Definition of 'dreadfully'
From: WordNet
adverb
Of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning" [syn: dreadfully, awfully, horribly]
adverb
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, dreadfully]
Definition of 'Dreadfully'
From: GCIDE
- Dreadfully \Dread"ful*ly\, adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dreadfully'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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