how to pronounce dreadfully

/ˈdɹɛdfəliː/

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dreadfully is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of dreadfully in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a dreadfully inaccurate broadband map a …”

meanings of dreadfully

adverb:

In a dreadful manner.
Exceptionally, eminently, very much.

dreadfully frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dreadfully occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dreadfully can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dreadfully can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;