Adverbial dreadfully has 2 senses
  1. dreadfully, awfully, horribly - of a dreadful kind; "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning"
    Derived from adjective dreadful3
  2. dismally, dreadfully - in a dreadful manner; "as he looks at the mess he has left behind he must wonder how the Brits so often managed to succeed in the kind of situation where he has so dismally failed"
    Derived from adjective dreadful2
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