Explore Dreadfully through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like awfully or horribly. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dreadfully meaning
- In a dreadful manner; terribly.
- Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
Using Dreadfully
- The main meaning on this page is: In a dreadful manner; terribly. | Exceptionally, eminently, very much.
- Useful related words include: awfully, horribly, dismally.
- In the example corpus, dreadfully often appears in combinations such as: was dreadfully, dreadfully dull, the dreadfully.
Context around Dreadfully
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dreadfully
- In this selection, "dreadfully" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, things, though, dad, dull, sorry and sad stand out and add context to how "dreadfully" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include am more dreadfully sorry for and and lose dreadfully each time. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dreadfully" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dreadfully
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her physician scolds her dreadfully about this, but she only laughs at him. (13 words)
The farewell was very tearful and, as shown by her regular letters, she missed them dreadfully. (16 words)
The name comes from a person that would repeatedly over-bid and lose dreadfully each time. (16 words)
Paying respect to their captain after news of his sad passing spread, the team wrote: “We are so dreadfully sad to let our members and friends know that our Club Captain, Aiden Hoenigmann has passed away at the age of only 27. (42 words)
That said, I am more dreadfully sorry for the pain that will dwell with the families of the shooting victims in Lewiston as they, and too many others, wonder why Congress fails to act. We’ve all had enough. (39 words)
Whether a guy was dreadfully dull, slacked on personal hygiene, or a huge mama’s boy, almost every woman has a bad date story to share that has sent them running for the door. (34 words)
Do you remember when we called those utterly frivolous though dreadfully ominous news stories of yesteryear Black Cat News Stories? (20 words)
Example sentences (17)
That said, I am more dreadfully sorry for the pain that will dwell with the families of the shooting victims in Lewiston as they, and too many others, wonder why Congress fails to act. We’ve all had enough.
Whether a guy was dreadfully dull, slacked on personal hygiene, or a huge mama’s boy, almost every woman has a bad date story to share that has sent them running for the door.
Paying respect to their captain after news of his sad passing spread, the team wrote: “We are so dreadfully sad to let our members and friends know that our Club Captain, Aiden Hoenigmann has passed away at the age of only 27.
The magistrates told the defendants they had “dreadfully mistreated” the equines, but agreed to suspend their custodial sentences.
America and its allies will command Northeast Asian waters against North Korea’s feeble navy and air force unless they botch things dreadfully.
At least for a few weeks, we’ve been able to avoid the dreadfully dry air we know is coming each winter.
At school, he was dreadfully shy and suffered from a stammer, but was also an incorrigible show-off.
Both Suntory’s Strong Zero brand and the dreadfully named Kirin The Strong line of drinks have unveiled a grape variety in time for lower temperatures.
Somehow, multiple life events may have taken place that left you a bit behind, on the kitchen table is now a stack of important notices that claim you are dreadfully behind on payments.
And while Belgium were at times scintillating in the group stages, France were lucky to beat Australia and Peru and played out a dreadfully dull draw against Denmark.
Do you remember when we called those utterly frivolous though dreadfully ominous news stories of yesteryear Black Cat News Stories?
In his memoir, he said, ‘I have laid myself bare and how I miss my dad dreadfully.
She had always been there for me and it was her I missed dreadfully when I was sent to boarding school at the age of seven.
He described the "transformation to sausage " as "dreadfully compelling", Weissweiler, p. 27 Weissweiler, p. 26 leaving a lasting impression; pork nauseated him throughout his life.
Her physician scolds her dreadfully about this, but she only laughs at him.
The farewell was very tearful and, as shown by her regular letters, she missed them dreadfully.
The name comes from a person that would repeatedly over-bid and lose dreadfully each time.
Common combinations with dreadfully
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: