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dreadfully

Today it means: In a dreadful manner; terribly. Full definition →

Middle English dredfully

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Middle English · inherited fromdredfully
English todaydreadfully

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

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