dreadfully
adverb
- very much (usually negative)
- in a manner inducing dread
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛd.fʊl.i/
adv
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dredfully, dradefullich, dredefullich; equivalent to dreadful + -ly.
- In a dreadful manner; terribly.
“You behaved dreadfully yesterday night”
“The smellful old heathen was snoring dreadfully.”
- Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
“That restaurant seems dreadfully expensive.”
“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.”