dreadfully
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dread·ful·ly
(drĕd′fə-lē)adv.
1. In a dreadful manner: The team played dreadfully. The wind was blowing dreadfully.
2. Extremely; very: was dreadfully ill; a dreadfully boring book; dreadfully exciting.
3. To a great extent; very much: We miss her dreadfully.
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dreadfully
(ˈdrɛdfʊlɪ)adv
1. in a shocking, or disagreeable manner
2. (intensifier): you're dreadfully kind.
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dread•ful•ly
(ˈdrɛd fə li)adv.
1. in a dreadful way.
2. very; extremely: so dreadfully embarrassed.
[1275–1325]
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| Adv. | 1. | dreadfully - of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning" |
| 2. | dreadfully - 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" |
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dreadfully
adverb
1. extremely, very, terribly, greatly, badly, deeply, very much, desperately, exceptionally, immensely, tremendously, awfully (informal), exceedingly, excessively He looks dreadfully ill.
2. terribly, badly, horribly, awfully, alarmingly, woefully, appallingly, wickedly, shockingly, frightfully, disgracefully, horrendously, monstrously, wretchedly, abysmally, unforgivably, reprehensibly, disreputably She has behaved dreadfully.
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dreadfully
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Translations
جدا، بصورةٍ مُخيفَه
hrozněpříšerně
forfærdeligtfrygteligt
borzasztóanfélelmetesenijesztőenirtóirtózatosan
hræîilega, einstaklega
dreadfully
[ˈdredfəlɪ] ADV1. (= very) [boring] → mortalmente; [late, difficult] → increíblemente, muy
I'm dreadfully sorry → lo siento muchísimo
I felt something was dreadfully wrong → sentía que había pasado algo horrible
I'm dreadfully sorry → lo siento muchísimo
I felt something was dreadfully wrong → sentía que había pasado algo horrible
2. (= very much) [suffer] → muchísimo, lo indecible; [hurt] → a rabiar
I miss Janet dreadfully → echo muchísimo de menos a Janet
I miss Janet dreadfully → echo muchísimo de menos a Janet
3. (= badly) [behave, treat, sing] → muy mal, espantosamente, fatal (Sp)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dreadfully
[ˈdrɛdfʊli] adv (= very badly) [behave, treat] → très mal
(= very) [ill, worried] → affreusement
(= very much) [miss] → terriblement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dreadfully
adv → schrecklich; behave also → furchtbar; to treat somebody dreadfully → jdn scheußlich behandeln; something was dreadfully wrong → etwas stimmte ganz und gar nicht
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dread
(dred) noun great fear. She lives in dread of her child being drowned in the canal; His voice was husky with dread.
verb to fear greatly. We were dreading his arrival.
ˈdreadful adjective1. terrible. a dreadful accident.
2. very bad or annoying. What dreadful children!
ˈdreadfulness nounˈdreadfully adverb
extremely. dreadfully ill; dreadfully clever.
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