Definition of "dreadfully" []

• In a dreadful manner. (adverb)
• Exceptionally, eminently, very much. (adverb)

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• "It is not dreadfully naughty this time, but it would be next time -- _dreadfully_ naughty. ""
• "“By this time you will fully understand, sir,” he said, “that what troubles me so dreadfully is the question, What does the spectre mean?”"
• "To say that there is anxiety as to what may develop as a result of the dire needs of European Countries which have suffered so dreadfully from the war, is to put the case mildly."