Deficiently
Deficiently adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Usage example: the road to the mountain lodge is so deficiently marked that we had a terrible time finding it
Dreadfully and deficiently are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dreadfully" instead an adverb "Deficiently".
Nearby Words: deficient, deficiency
Dreadfully
Dreadfully adverb - Of a dreadful kind.
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Synonyms for Dreadfully
Deficiently and dreadfully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficiently" instead an adverb "Dreadfully".
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Related pairs
- greatly and deficiently
- greatly and dreadfully
- extremely and deficiently
- extremely and dreadfully
- poorly and deficiently
- poorly and dreadfully
- badly and deficiently
- badly and dreadfully
- severely and deficiently
- severely and dreadfully
- intensely and deficiently
- intensely and dreadfully
- awfully and deficiently
- awfully and dreadfully
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