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Meanings of very dreadful in English

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Usage of very dreadful in English
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In that I agree with you; it would be very dreadful here.
Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
2
It was so very dreadful, I cannot talk more about it now.
Salt Water: The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midsh...
3
He did not die at once, and his sufferings were very dreadful.
Life on the Mississippi
4
This is all very dreadful-youmust go to a physician at once.
The Port of Missing Men
5
To be reduced to live on his fellowship would be very dreadful.
Mr. Scarborough's Family
6
It was a very dreadful way for a wicked man to die.
The Port of Missing Men
7
It is very dreadful, Mary, to have nothing to eat and drink.
Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
8
Do you think it was very dreadful for me not to tell?
Lo, Michael!
9
It was really very dreadful because she could still see nobody at all.
The voyage of the dawn treader
10
The inn got what they call a bad name-ina very dreadful way.
"I Say No"
11
Henrietta got up; these seemed to her, naturally, very dreadful expectations.
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
12
And it is a new thing to me, and a very dreadful one.
The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century / Two Lectures deliver...
13
It is very dreadful to say it, but I began to disbelieve him.
Daniel Deronda
14
A great deal that I saw was very dreadful and unchristian.
Oddsfish!
15
You are very dreadful for talking about running away with it.
Looking Seaward Again
16
If she could laugh, the risk did not seem to her very dreadful.
Our Friend the Charlatan
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