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Meanings of dreadfully in English

Portuguese
horrivelmente

Of a dreadful kind.

horrivelmente
Portuguese
terrivelmente

In a dreadful manner.

terrivelmente
Usage of dreadfully in English
1
The general blushed dreadfully; Colia blushed too; and Ptitsin turned hastily away.
The Idiot
2
The splendid fountains in the centre of the Place are dreadfully smashed.
The Insurrection in Paris
3
The remainder of the passengers were all dreadfully ill in their berths.
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
4
I should think it would be heavy and dreadfully in the way.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children
5
The house seemed dreadfully empty, and last night's work weighed on him.
Pet Sematary
6
There was something wrong with that smile, she thought, something dreadfully wrong.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
7
I shall miss you dreadfully, in the strange world beyond the seas.
The Root of Evil
8
I cared dreadfully; I was partly to blame, and I knew it.
Laddie: A True Blue Story
9
They rocked the ducks in their arms, but the ducks squawked dreadfully.
The Dutch Twins
10
It was foggy, and the boy coughed dreadfully after he came in.
East Lynne
11
But he must be told; and yet he will feel it dreadfully.
In the Wilds of Africa
12
She was so good to me; I do feel it most dreadfully.
Beyond
13
For some people, whatever you say is going to be dreadfully basic.
The Guardian
14
They had not played well -in fact they mostly played dreadfully.
The Guardian
15
She hated to sew on pink; it clashed dreadfully with her hair.
The Gay Cockade
16
It made me jump in my chair and rasped my nerves dreadfully.
The Red Inn
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Dreadfully through the time
Dreadfully across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare