Adverb: dreadfully dred-fu-lee
- In a way that causes distress or dismay; to an intensely bad extent
"It was a dreadfully bloody accident"; "The news was dreadfully upsetting";
- awfully, horribly, devastatingly, horrendously, fearfully
- 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 dreadfully failed";
- dismally