Dreadfully \Dread"ful*ly\, adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. --Dryden.
dreadfully adv 1: of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning" [syn: {awfully}, {horribly}] 2: 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" [syn: {dismally}]