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Definition of dreadfully in English: dreadfullyadverb ˈdrɛdfəliˈdrɛdfəli British 1often as submodifier Extremely. Example sentencesExamples - I am really, truly, extremely, dreadfully, horribly sorry!
- I am dreadfully sorry for what happened in the boat today.
- I feel dreadfully sorry for her and I know Michael will be really upset about it.
- Although many times Sara had heard her say how dreadfully awful his company was.
- ‘I heard,’ Joey replied, sounding dreadfully serious, as if he'd heard that someone had died.
- Assured walls are in fact dreadfully thin and people wake each other up in the night all the time, and have no auditory privacy.
- There's no question that what has happened to her is dreadfully sad, but really she's a very extreme case - a tragic casualty.
- His behaviour was terrible and I am dreadfully sorry that you were exposed to it.
- I'm dreadfully sorry to leave after hearing your story, but I am a politically active person, and I will start a petition or - or something!
- I feel dreadfully sorry for Charlie and I know the whole village will be very upset.
- Both events, one dreadfully sad, one wonderfully happy, illustrate the extremes to which we can be tested in our lives.
- ‘I'm dreadfully sorry, little one, but I've forgotten your name,’ he said to her.
- I was terrified, dreadfully unhappy and hated myself.
- I know a couple of English profs who, after reading this dribble, are dreadfully sorry they gave me an ‘A’.
- This remarkable movie gets dreadfully close to countless numbers of birds as they proceed through their yearly cycle of north and south migration.
- Make the rounds of talk shows, say how dreadfully sorry you are, maybe even sob a little.
- I am dreadfully sorry for this inconvenience.
- I know it has been so long since I wrote, and I am so dreadfully sorry.
- I am dreadfully sorry, but am I interrupting an important meeting?
- I received many visits form the various nobility who told me how dreadfully sorry they were at my father's death.
Synonyms extremely, very, really, frightfully, fearfully, exceedingly, immensely, terribly, exceptionally, uncommonly, remarkably, extraordinarily decidedly, most, positively, particularly Northern English right Scottish unco North American quite informal terrifically, tremendously, desperately, awfully, devilishly, ultra, too … for words, mucho, mega, seriously, majorly, oh-so British informal jolly, ever so, dead, well, fair North American informal real, mighty, awful, plumb, powerful South African informal lekker informal, dated devilish, hellish archaic exceeding, sore very much, intensely, desperately, a great deal, a good deal, to a great extent, much, a lot, lots - 1.1 Very much.
Example sentencesExamples - Maggie was sitting on her bunk bed, waiting for father to bring home Sarah - she missed her dreadfully when she was away and she had been afraid to move, for fear that she might wake her mother.
- Of course, I will miss you dreadfully now that you won't be here anymore.
- I wish I could see our child more than this and I miss him dreadfully sometimes, but I have to work very hard these days to support my family.
- Today I had dinner with Alec on the pavement outside Thai Metro and some good cider in the Fitzroy Tavern and missed him dreadfully the minute we said good night.
- I love my job, relish the operational role and will no doubt miss it dreadfully.
- I missed SP dreadfully and kept thinking about our last night that we spent together.
- That would be a great pity, because they are all lovely people and we shall miss them dreadfully.
- Nevertheless, our mum wanted to take care of us and missed us dreadfully.
- We are all very proud of Dan and his achievements in his short but very full life. We all miss him dreadfully.
- ‘I miss him dreadfully,’ she says, pulling at a piece of wool on her pink cardigan.
- She had not yet been allowed to visit him in the cells and he missed her dreadfully.
- She is now getting a sense of herself back, after ‘a very long goodbye’, but still misses her mother dreadfully.
- Still, she was going to miss everyone back home dreadfully.
- Emma will be dreadfully missed and all the school hold her family in their thoughts and prayers during this dreadful time.
- I knew why he was gone, but I was just so lonely and I missed him dreadfully.
- She missed her young children dreadfully during her 27 month absence from England.
- Suddenly I thought that was unusual, because I realised that every time I've gone to the movies the past couple of months, I've missed her dreadfully as I'm going up into the car park.
- We love him so very much and miss him dreadfully.
- Your children need you here and will miss you dreadfully if you left now.
- They have often been close to their families and are dreadfully missed.
2Very badly. the company has performed dreadfully Example sentencesExamples - It can be difficult when you miss your child all day to find they behave dreadfully when they get home.
- But isn't it refreshing to be able to tell you about two clubs with a good news story - even though both are performing somewhere between disappointingly and dreadfully on the field?
Synonyms terribly, awfully, very badly, atrociously, dismally, appallingly, abominably, execrably, poorly informal abysmally, pitifully, crummily, diabolically, rottenly rare egregiously
Definition of dreadfully in US English: dreadfullyadverbˈdredfəlēˈdrɛdfəli 1often as submodifier Extremely. Example sentencesExamples - Assured walls are in fact dreadfully thin and people wake each other up in the night all the time, and have no auditory privacy.
- I am dreadfully sorry, but am I interrupting an important meeting?
- I am dreadfully sorry for this inconvenience.
- Although many times Sara had heard her say how dreadfully awful his company was.
- I know a couple of English profs who, after reading this dribble, are dreadfully sorry they gave me an ‘A’.
- I am really, truly, extremely, dreadfully, horribly sorry!
- I feel dreadfully sorry for Charlie and I know the whole village will be very upset.
- Both events, one dreadfully sad, one wonderfully happy, illustrate the extremes to which we can be tested in our lives.
- I'm dreadfully sorry to leave after hearing your story, but I am a politically active person, and I will start a petition or - or something!
- I know it has been so long since I wrote, and I am so dreadfully sorry.
- I feel dreadfully sorry for her and I know Michael will be really upset about it.
- I was terrified, dreadfully unhappy and hated myself.
- There's no question that what has happened to her is dreadfully sad, but really she's a very extreme case - a tragic casualty.
- Make the rounds of talk shows, say how dreadfully sorry you are, maybe even sob a little.
- This remarkable movie gets dreadfully close to countless numbers of birds as they proceed through their yearly cycle of north and south migration.
- ‘I'm dreadfully sorry, little one, but I've forgotten your name,’ he said to her.
- I am dreadfully sorry for what happened in the boat today.
- ‘I heard,’ Joey replied, sounding dreadfully serious, as if he'd heard that someone had died.
- His behaviour was terrible and I am dreadfully sorry that you were exposed to it.
- I received many visits form the various nobility who told me how dreadfully sorry they were at my father's death.
Synonyms extremely, very, really, frightfully, fearfully, exceedingly, immensely, terribly, exceptionally, uncommonly, remarkably, extraordinarily very much, intensely, desperately, a great deal, a good deal, to a great extent, much, a lot, lots - 1.1 Very much.
Example sentencesExamples - Emma will be dreadfully missed and all the school hold her family in their thoughts and prayers during this dreadful time.
- Today I had dinner with Alec on the pavement outside Thai Metro and some good cider in the Fitzroy Tavern and missed him dreadfully the minute we said good night.
- She had not yet been allowed to visit him in the cells and he missed her dreadfully.
- Still, she was going to miss everyone back home dreadfully.
- Maggie was sitting on her bunk bed, waiting for father to bring home Sarah - she missed her dreadfully when she was away and she had been afraid to move, for fear that she might wake her mother.
- We are all very proud of Dan and his achievements in his short but very full life. We all miss him dreadfully.
- Your children need you here and will miss you dreadfully if you left now.
- She missed her young children dreadfully during her 27 month absence from England.
- Of course, I will miss you dreadfully now that you won't be here anymore.
- They have often been close to their families and are dreadfully missed.
- Suddenly I thought that was unusual, because I realised that every time I've gone to the movies the past couple of months, I've missed her dreadfully as I'm going up into the car park.
- Nevertheless, our mum wanted to take care of us and missed us dreadfully.
- I love my job, relish the operational role and will no doubt miss it dreadfully.
- I missed SP dreadfully and kept thinking about our last night that we spent together.
- ‘I miss him dreadfully,’ she says, pulling at a piece of wool on her pink cardigan.
- She is now getting a sense of herself back, after ‘a very long goodbye’, but still misses her mother dreadfully.
- We love him so very much and miss him dreadfully.
- That would be a great pity, because they are all lovely people and we shall miss them dreadfully.
- I knew why he was gone, but I was just so lonely and I missed him dreadfully.
- I wish I could see our child more than this and I miss him dreadfully sometimes, but I have to work very hard these days to support my family.
2Very badly. the company has performed dreadfully Example sentencesExamples - But isn't it refreshing to be able to tell you about two clubs with a good news story - even though both are performing somewhere between disappointingly and dreadfully on the field?
- It can be difficult when you miss your child all day to find they behave dreadfully when they get home.
Synonyms terribly, awfully, very badly, atrociously, dismally, appallingly, abominably, execrably, poorly
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