adverb
definition
In a dreadful manner.
definition
Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
example
That restaurant seems dreadfully expensive.
Examples of dreadfully in a Sentence
After suffering dreadfully from want of wafer and fuel they entered Kansu, having recrossed the flooded Hwang-ho, but it was not till January 1845 that they reached Tang-Kiul on the boundary.
Sometimes I am dreadfully sorry for her.
I do miss Red Farm and the dear ones there dreadfully; but I am not unhappy.
For the other members of the royal family there is a separate vault, known as the Panteon de los Infantes, or more familiarly by the dreadfully suggestive name of El Pudridero.
His chest is dreadfully hollow and his shoulders raised.
He was dreadfully seasick for five days. This is an awful thing to contemplate.
Mind you, that would probably be dreadfully dull.
However, we could have a refreshment stop which was unfortunately marred for some by dreadfully poor service.
It seemed to her that things must be so, and yet it was dreadfully sad.
I 'm dreadfully afraid of being tempted, at an unguarded moment, by the aunt.
I'm dreadfully mortified that audio digital production riverside video these things have happened to annoy you.
Men watched their fellows being blown apart or dreadfully wounded by shrapnel.
No progress had been made, the service was dreadfully costly in life, and it became intensely unpopular among the troops.
I just had to oil a new nylon sheathed cable which for some reason was dreadfully stiff.
Children's clothing at upscale stores is often manufactured out of the finest and dreadfully non-machine washable materials.
In order to keep your deck from looking dreadfully dirty and dingy, you need to clean it on a regular basis.
I 'm dreadfully mortified that audio digital production riverside video these things have happened to annoy you.
Taken altogether, it was a dreadfully long name to weigh down a poor innocent child, and one of the hardest lessons I ever learned was to remember my own name.
Even the kitten gave a dreadfully shrill scream and at the same time Jim the cab-horse neighed loudly.