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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. of a dreadful kind;
- Example: "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning"
[syn: dreadfully, awfully, horribly]

2. in a dreadful manner;
- Example: "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]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dreadfully \Dread"ful*ly\, adv.
   In a dreadful manner; terribly. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]


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]