dreadfully
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
of a dreadful kind
there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
Related & opposite
- frightful derived from
- frightening derived from
- dreadful derived from
Sense 2 adverb
in a dreadful manner
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
Related & opposite
- awful derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | frightful |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | frightening |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | dreadful |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | awful |