dreadfully

Words with a similar base: dreadfully

'dreadfully'

[dreadfully.r.01] as in: of a dreadful kind

Examples:
there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning

'dreadfully'

[dismally.r.02] as in: in a dreadful manner

Examples:
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

Origins

					dreadfully (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── dreadful (English)
    └── dredful (Middle English (1100-1500))

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