dreadfully

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dread·ful·ly /ˈdredfəli/ adverbadv

1 VERYextremely or very much 极其，非常

They’re dreadfully busy at the moment.

此刻他们非常忙。

Would you mind dreadfully if I didn’t come?

如果我不来的话你会很介意吗？

2 BADvery badly 极糟糕地

The team played dreadfully.

那个球队表现得太差劲了。

Examples from the Corpus

dreadfully• His face was mine, but distorted dreadfully.• You must be dreadfully disappointed!• I felt dreadfully inadequate in the face of this material.• I noticed for the first time that it was dreadfully long.• Dreadfully overcrowded trains and frequent cancellations made commuting an ordeal.• Precedent counts for much, especially in the dreadfully slow handling of individual cases.• I am dreadfully sorry for any damage I may have caused.• To observe that something precious has been lost, covered over, and denied is regarded as dreadfully unsophisticated.• Anna's arm hurt dreadfully, worse than when she'd fallen off the top of the climbing frame at the nursery.

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