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Meanings of dreadfully in English
Portuguese
horrivelmente Portuguese
terrivelmente Synonyms
Examples for "terribly"
Examples for "terribly"
1
Of course she wanted his approval, of course; she wanted it terribly.
2
It didn't seem terribly important to answer that right now, perhaps later.
3
The problem is that the virus lurks for a terribly long time.
4
Solving this problem is not impossible, but neither is it terribly practical.
5
As the financial crisis deepened, events confirmed Minerva's prophecies all too terribly.
1
A second later, he opened it again and said, I'm awfully sorry.
2
A year was an awfully long time to go without a man.
3
That's an awfully nice offer, Eadric, but I'm afraid it wouldn't work.
4
You're awfully young and you don't know my girl very well yet.
5
But it was awfully dangerous of you to risk compromising our mission.
1
Unfortunately, a lot of times, the information is wrong or horribly incomplete.
2
He was horribly bored with life in general, and me in particular.
3
I apparently waited too long, however, because they'd already gone horribly bitter.
4
Free jumps were horribly dangerous, though not because hyperspace itself was dangerous.
5
But this legal representation often falls horribly short of what is necessary.
Usage of dreadfully in English
1
The general blushed dreadfully; Colia blushed too; and Ptitsin turned hastily away.
2
The splendid fountains in the centre of the Place are dreadfully smashed.
3
The remainder of the passengers were all dreadfully ill in their berths.
4
I should think it would be heavy and dreadfully in the way.
5
The house seemed dreadfully empty, and last night's work weighed on him.
6
There was something wrong with that smile, she thought, something dreadfully wrong.
7
I shall miss you dreadfully, in the strange world beyond the seas.
8
I cared dreadfully; I was partly to blame, and I knew it.
9
They rocked the ducks in their arms, but the ducks squawked dreadfully.
10
It was foggy, and the boy coughed dreadfully after he came in.
11
But he must be told; and yet he will feel it dreadfully.
12
She was so good to me; I do feel it most dreadfully.
13
For some people, whatever you say is going to be dreadfully basic.
14
They had not played well -in fact they mostly played dreadfully.
15
She hated to sew on pink; it clashed dreadfully with her hair.
16
It made me jump in my chair and rasped my nerves dreadfully.
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Dreadfully through the time
Dreadfully across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare