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dreadfully

 
 
/ˈdredfəli/ adverb

Translation

VERY mainly UK formal very
korkunç şekilde, çok
I'm dreadfully sorry.1245
VERY BADLY very badly
çok berbat şekilde, berbat şekilde
The children behaved dreadfully.2110
(Definition of dreadfully adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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