dreadfully

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb of a dreadful kind
  2. adverb in a dreadful manner

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English dredfully, dradefullich, dredefullich; equivalent to dreadful + -ly.

In classic literature

Synonyms

awfully, horribly

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