dreadfully — Dizionario inglese

Avverbio

1. In a dreadful manner; terribly.

   Esempi

   You behaved dreadfully yesterday night

   The smellful old heathen was snoring dreadfully.

2. Exceptionally, eminently, very much.

   Uso

   • datato

   Esempi

   That restaurant seems dreadfully expensive.

   Altri esempi (1)

   At that moment a curious crack sounded inside the statue, as if something had broken. The fact is that the leaden heart had snapped right in two. It certainly was a dreadfully hard frost.

   “Here it is,” said Eddie. “‘Why Must it Always be Tomato Soup?’ It's so deeply true, don't you feel? Tomato soup is so dreadfully eternal.”

Avverbio

1. of a dreadful kind

   Sinonimi

   awfullyhorribly

   Esempi

   there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning

2. in a dreadful manner

   Sinonimi

   dismally

   Esempi

   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