dreadfully

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dreadfully
    adv 1: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody
           accident on the road this morning" [syn: {dreadfully},
           {awfully}, {horribly}]
    2: 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}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dreadfully \Dread"ful*ly\, adv.
   In a dreadful manner; terribly. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "dreadfully":
      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

    

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