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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dreadfully \Dread"ful*ly\, adverb In a dreadful manner; terribly. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dreadfully
adverb
1: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning" [syn: {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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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