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dreadfully

/ˈdɹɛd.fʊl.i/ adverb C2
  1. In a dreadful manner; terribly. · You behaved dreadfully yesterday night
  2. Exceptionally, eminently, very much. (dated) · That restaurant seems dreadfully expensive.
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“Do you know, Villefort, that you are talking in a most dreadfully revolutionary strain?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 44 · C1
And I am sure Aunt Em will be dreadfully worried over my being away so long.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 69 · B2
I used to get so dreadfully tired carrying them about.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 51 · C1
She writhed as one who is in terrible pain, and her limbs were dreadfully convulsed.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 44 · B2

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