[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]
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