It's a dreadfully unjust world. From LearnThat.org. [Louisa May Alcott, Source: Meg, in Little Women, pt. 1, ch. 15, 1868]
There was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adverb : The pain has increased dreadfully. ,Sorry to be so dreadfully late. From Dictionary.com.
The "desirable city residence" is thin – dreadfully thin – and accordingly susceptible to heat and cold. From Wordnik.com. [Janey Canuck in the West] Reference
I really am suffering dreadfully from the heat; quite as ill, in a different way, as I was in winter from the cold. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
I’m afraid my family would complain dreadfully if I only washed once a week. From Wordnik.com. [One Deep Breath-Ceremony and Ritual] Reference
But they missed her, as Barby said, "dreadfully;" and she was most dearly welcomed when she came back. From Wordnik.com. [Queechy] Reference
Also, it’s just kind of dreadfully uncreative for a supposedly forward-looking initiative. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Brill wants to try charging for content online… again » Nieman Journalism Lab] Reference
'How dreadfully wrong,' he said; 'imagine a bunch of lions!. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
Brunie; perhaps it was that they were all so dreadfully thin. From Wordnik.com. [Rataplan, a rogue elephant; and other stories] Reference
She will be dreadfully worried about us if we don't hurry on. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
The sun was rapidly declining, and I was dreadfully impatient. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Venoni, thou shalt be preserved, or avenged most dreadfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
Many European countries score dreadfully low in job satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [It's All About Attitude] Reference
She was not young, she was really dreadfully old -- almost thirteen!. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
"I shall be dreadfully anxious about that poor boy," said she, sadly. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
Perhaps this might be; but Nan was dreadfully sorry, nevertheless, that. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Feeling was discerned not to be so dreadfully dangerous as was supposed. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
And he offered to come here and explain -- he was dreadfully distressed. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
I'm pleased to report to you that these skeptics were all dreadfully wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Paul: Trade Enforcement Works. Thank You, Mr. President] Reference
Something was dreadfully wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Unfurl] Reference
This is indeed a nasty piece of work, but exquisitely so, and dreadfully funny. From Wordnik.com. [The Beauty Queen of Leenane] Reference
How dreadfully lonely you must feel, she said, her eyelashes beating back tears. From Wordnik.com. [Eclipse] Reference
But Madge could see that she was dreadfully vexed at Tania's latest naughtiness. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
But when he talked about being in heaven, the princess laughed at him dreadfully. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
To deny someone the knowledge of his or her biological origins is dreadfully wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Eyes Are These, Whose Nose?] Reference
Army Corps of Engineers, "that people realized something was dreadfully wrong here.". From Wordnik.com. [Letting The Water Run Into 'Big Sugar's' Bowl] Reference
And as dreadfully as the shares have performed, they still produce an annual dividend. From Wordnik.com. [Beware These Trusts] Reference
It seems that once, long, long ago, that little town was dreadfully troubled with rats. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Why, if you make even ever so little a mistake, you will be punished, I fear, dreadfully. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
Heavy whispered to Ruth that she never did see a boy before who was so dreadfully solemn. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
"Something is dreadfully wrong if our" remedy 'for social problems is to lock up black men. From Wordnik.com. [The Darden Dilemma] Reference
These gentlemen were, of course, dreadfully excited at the dangers through which they had passed. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Barring one dreadfully trumped-up climactic scene, they've managed to avoid the usual asylum-movie cliches. From Wordnik.com. [A Blue Christmas] Reference
By this time my feet were dreadfully swollen, and O! so sore and stiff, that every step produced the most intense agony. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
"The time will seem dreadfully long to me," sighed Claudet; "I shall not know how to dispose of my body until you return.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Reading over the information provided to me, I was shocked at the dreadfully low number of black employees and job candidates. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston: Is There Discrimination at the World Bank?] Reference
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