direlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈdʌɪəli/, U.S.

/ˈdaɪ(ə)rli/

Etymology: < dire adj. + -ly suffix².

In a dire manner; dreadfully; in a way that bodes calamity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb]

dreadlyc1175

eislichec1175

grimlyc1175

ungainlya1200

awly?c1225

grurefulliche?c1225

fiendlyc1275

dreadfullya1400

felly?c1400

awfully1487

terrible1490

terriblya1500

fearingly1556

direly1610

dismally1653

dreadful1682

formidably1685

terrifyingly1767

direfully1775

terrifically1778

terrificly1791

appallingly1825

turble1893

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 61 Screechowles direly chaunt.

1630 M. Drayton David & Goliah in Muses Elizium 192 As of his death he direly had forethought.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xii. xxxix. 168 Direly he blasphemes.

1824 T. Campbell Theodric 131 A check in frantic war's unfinished game, Yet dearly bought, and direly welcome, came.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 203 Some great catastrophe..was likely direly to affect Master George.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	direly
释义	direlyadv. Brit. /ˈdʌɪəli/, U.S. /ˈdaɪ(ə)rli/ Etymology: < dire adj. + -ly suffix². In a dire manner; dreadfully; in a way that bodes calamity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb] dreadlyc1175 eislichec1175 grimlyc1175 ungainlya1200 awly?c1225 grurefulliche?c1225 fiendlyc1275 dreadfullya1400 felly?c1400 awfully1487 terrible1490 terriblya1500 fearingly1556 direly1610 dismally1653 dreadful1682 formidably1685 terrifyingly1767 direfully1775 terrifically1778 terrificly1791 appallingly1825 turble1893 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 61 Screechowles direly chaunt. 1630 M. Drayton David & Goliah in Muses Elizium 192 As of his death he direly had forethought. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xii. xxxix. 168 Direly he blasphemes. 1824 T. Campbell Theodric 131 A check in frantic war's unfinished game, Yet dearly bought, and direly welcome, came. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 203 Some great catastrophe..was likely direly to affect Master George. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1610
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