Dreadfully
Dreadfully adverb - Of a dreadful kind.
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Synonyms for Dreadfully
Poorly and dreadfully are semantically related in terribly topic. In some cases you can use "Poorly" instead an adverb "Dreadfully".
Poorly
Poorly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Usage example: he tends to perform poorly on standardized tests
Dreadfully and poorly are semantically related in badly topic. Sometimes you can use "Dreadfully" instead an adverb "Poorly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- badly and dreadfully
- badly and poorly
- awfully and dreadfully
- awfully and poorly
- inadequately and dreadfully
- inadequately and poorly
- atrociously and dreadfully
- atrociously and poorly
- terribly and dreadfully
- terribly and poorly
- abominably and dreadfully
- abominably and poorly
- abysmally and dreadfully
- abysmally and poorly
Both words in one sentence
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The guards stand around in poorly made replicas of 15th century armor and medieval cross-hilted swords, which would be dreadfully out of fashion especially in a royal court.
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