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Recent Examples of dreadfully
For 20 games, opponents often shot dreadfully from distance against Miami, whether the three-point attempts were heavily contested or not.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
Today, however, Rihanna turned even the most dreadfully boring activity into an opportunity to stunt.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
The back end of the bullpen is stout, yet the lineup is dreadfully short.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Dec. 2025
Today, however, Rihanna turned even the most dreadfully boring activity into an opportunity to stunt.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
The back end of the bullpen is stout, yet the lineup is dreadfully short.
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreadfully
Adverb
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The data center industry does not have a terribly good answer for this, except that their 83° sun-synchronous orbit is much less crowded than equatorial ones, meaning a lower risk of collisions.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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Polls, however, suggest the bill is not terribly popular with voters, which has left Republicans saying the White House must do a better job of selling it.—
Ryan Mancini,
The Hill,
31 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Robby—The Pitt executive producer, writer, director, and star Noah Wyle’s instantly iconic attending physician—is leading his final shift before a three-month leave that sounds like an awfully good idea following his meltdown last season.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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However, officials went to the scorer’s table to review the play, which was awfully close.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The unwanted babies suffer horribly.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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At a lavish country house party, a practical joke appears to have gone horribly, murderously wrong.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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In retaliating against the Union, TSG decided to disastrously impact its employees, its guests, local businesses, and our community.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
27 Dec. 2025
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Scientists have debated how much unnatural warming — built up in greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels — is likely to tip us into disastrously unmanageable weather systems.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
1 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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The waiting room is already over-flowing with bloodied, weary, apparently horrifically smelling patients.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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As for New England, this team under Mike Vrabel is better than the one that was horrifically overmatched under coach Raymond Berry and quarterback Tony Eason against Chicago.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
4 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Multiple bettors placed high-stakes wagers on Rozier to perform poorly before the game, all of which won.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The referendum also performed poorly in parts of north Mecklenburg west of Interstate 77, despite support for the plan in many precincts in the north to the east of the interstate.—
Caitlin McGlade,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The attrition rate was abysmally high.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Confidence in the media is abysmally low, a finding confirmed regularly by many pollsters asking many different questions.—
Karlyn Bowman,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Dreadfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreadfully. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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