adv
Meaning 1
In a dreadful manner; terribly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- You behaved dreadfully yesterday night
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dreadfully
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɹɛd.fʊl.i/
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CMU ARPABET: D R EH1 D F AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Examples
- That restaurant seems dreadfully expensive.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
of a dreadful kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: awfully, horribly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in a dreadful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dismally
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dredfully, dradefullich, dredefullich; equivalent to dreadful + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: espantosament — in a dreadful manner
- Danish: forfærdelig — in a dreadful manner
- Danish: frygtelig — in a dreadful manner
- Danish: skrækkelig — in a dreadful manner
- Esperanto: terure — in a dreadful manner
- French: terriblement — in a dreadful manner
- German: furchtbar — in a dreadful manner
- Greek: φοβερά (foverá) — in a dreadful manner
- Greek: τρομερά (tromerá) — in a dreadful manner
- Ancient Greek: αἰνῶς (ainôs) — in a dreadful manner
- Hungarian: félelmetesen — in a dreadful manner
- Hungarian: ijesztően — in a dreadful manner
- Middle English: dredfully — in a dreadful manner
- Portuguese: terrivelmente — in a dreadful manner
- Spanish: pavorosamente — in a dreadful manner
- Spanish: empavorecientemente — in a dreadful manner
- Spanish: despavorientemente — in a dreadful manner
- Walloon: teribmint — in a dreadful manner
- German: furchtbar — exceptionally, eminently, very much
- Ancient Greek: αἰνῶς (ainôs) — exceptionally, eminently, very much
- Hungarian: borzasztóan — exceptionally, eminently, very much
- Hungarian: szörnyen — exceptionally, eminently, very much
- Hungarian: irtó — exceptionally, eminently, very much
- Hungarian: irtózatosan — exceptionally, eminently, very much
- Portuguese: terrivelmente — exceptionally, eminently, very much
- Walloon: carapmint — exceptionally, eminently, very much
- Walloon: teribmint — exceptionally, eminently, very much