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Answer for the clue "In a dreadful manner ", 8 letters:
terribly

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Terrible \Ter"ri*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to frighten. See Terror .] Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread; dreadful; formidable. Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior. Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bitterly/deeply/terribly disappointed ▪ The girl’s parents were bitterly disappointed at the jury’s verdict. dead/incredibly/terribly etc boring (= very boring ) desperately/terribly/dreadfully unhappy ▪ It was the ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" [syn: awfully , awful , frightfully ] in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: atrociously , awfully , abominably , abysmally , rottenly ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. 1 (context literary or dated English) Causing terror or awe. 2 very; extremely.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"dreadfully, so as to cause terror, in a horrible manner," mid-15c., from terrible + -ly (2). In the sense of "extremely" it is first recorded 1833; in the sense of "extremely badly" it dates from 1930.

Usage examples of terribly.

But Brewster was not a botanist, and as is often the case with scientists, he was not terribly concerned with any new developments outside his chosen field.

As weak acids themselves, they were terribly susceptible to the hydronium ions that swarmed in their midst.

This general state of malnutrition, coupled with the many definite maladies from which the people suffer, and with the fact that their common habits of eating might have been expressly designed to produce infection, makes physically poor bodies whose resistance to any and all disease is terribly low.

Although it was a slightly juvenile treat, it was terribly good, far better than something as simple as cracker, marshmallow and chocolate had a right to be.

It was too bad that none of the places Mathe had marked were terribly nearby, but there were three that were kind of in a row, and she headed in their direction.

Even among the SEALS, with Mac alone out on the deck somewhere, and Roselli and Murdock moving to help him, misidentification was a terribly real possibility.

As for her companions here on the farm, they had been thrown together by chance, and they were none of them perfect: Carausias an overtrusting old fool, Severus lazy, selfish, and sullen, Marina timid and lacking initiative, and Cartadear Carta, now terribly weakened.

Olivia waved her hairbrush at her twin to emphasize her point, as Victoria laughed, looking terribly racy as she sat with her long legs crossed on the edge of their huge tub, in one of the dresses Olivia had just bought them.

He supposed that the noise of the fray had at last roused the palace, and that the loyal guards were upon him, though even in that moment it seemed strange that his hardened rogues should scream so terribly in their flight.

They were not terribly disturbed at all this, for they assumed the Wuj was only attempting to imprison them and keep them from permitting the Saturnian patrols to land and enter.

A soft white shert covered his taut body down to the wrists, and faded brown braies hugged his thick thigh and calf muscles down to the ankles, but Eadyth knew from his swollen face and the reddening bite wounds evident in the open neckline that he suffered terribly with the urge to scratch.

It fills them with little wavelets of shimmering light and makes you drowsy, so drowsy that even the sparklets begin to dim away because you are so terribly sleepy .

Kumar, Iraq Tuesday, January 12 Five miles outside the settlement, Tarra saw the first signs that something had gone terribly wrong: the fine bleached sand, swept up by a caravan of vehicles, veiled a procession of people and machines withdrawing from what could only be a battlefield.

He told me he once had an experience with a transvestite prostitute in Singapore during his days in the Navy that he found terribly exciting, but that he could never bring himself to repeat the experience until he was much older.

The side of my face felt as though it were on fire, and jolts of pain shot through the trigeminal nerve with each heartbeat, making the muscles twitch and the eye water terribly.