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dreadfully, adv.|ˈdrɛdfʊlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a dreadful manner.
†1. With terror, fear, awe, or apprehension. Obs.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 11673 [The publican] seyde wyþ herte ful dredfully, ‘Lorde, þou haue on me mercy’. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2680 Hypermnestra, Dredfully sche quakyth. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 77 Mekely and dredfully knowynge oure feblenesse. a1553Udall Royster D. iv. vi. (Arb.) 71 I will..so make as though I ranne away dreadfully. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iv. ii. 150 A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully, but as a drunken sleepe.
2. So as to cause dread; terribly, fearfully, awfully.
c1340Cursor M. 21882 (Trin.) Oure soulis alle to make redy Aȝeyn his coome so dredefuly. 1593Shakes. Lucr. 444 They..tell her she is dreadfully beset. a1666Brome Ecclus. xlii. (R.), Red burning bolts..Dreadfully bright o'er seas and earth they glare. 1802Porteus Lect. Gosp. Matt. II. xxii. (R.), A most fatal imprecation, and most dreadfully fulfilled. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. 224 Blazing martyr-piles, shining dreadfully through all after ages.
3. Colloquially used as a strong intensive = Exceedingly, ‘terribly’, ‘awfully’, ‘abominably’.
1602Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 276, I am most dreadfully attended. 1697C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 35 This is dreadfully Astonishing! 1796Dk. Leeds Pol. Mem. (1884) 220 This dreadfully interesting conversation. 1824Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 42 Dreadfully afraid of America and everything American. 1881M. L. Molesworth Adv. Herr Baby 138 He would have liked dreadfully to come home. |