Definition
In a dreadful manner; in a way that is terrible, awful, or causing fear.
Etymology
From dread + -ly (adverbial suffix), though this is an archaic or rare formation. More common modern form would be 'dreadfully,' which uses the adjective dreadful + -ly.
Kelly Says
This is a fossil word—a remnant of how Middle English speakers might have formed adverbs directly from verb stems, before standardization favored dreadful + -ly combinations.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አርእር (areer)
a-ree-er
ARالعربية
بشاعة (bashi'ah)
ba-she-ah
BNবাংলা
ভয়াবহ (bhayabho)
bhoy-a-boh
CACatalà
terriblement
ter-ri-ble-men-te
CSČeština
strašně
stra-sne
DADansk
frygtelig
fryg-te-lig
DEDeutsch
fürchterlich
für-kh-ter-lich
ELΕλληνικά
φοβερά (phobera)
fo-be-ra
ESEspañol
terriblemente
ter-ri-ble-men-te
FAفارسی
ترسناک (tarsnak)
tar-snaak
FRFrançais
effroyablement
e-froy-a-ble-man
GUGU
ભયાનક (bhayank)
bhaya-nak
HEעברית
נורא (nora)
no-ra
HIहिन्दी
भयानक (bhayank)
bhaya-nak
HUMagyar
rettenhetetlen
ret-ten-he-ten
IDBahasa Indonesia
seram sekali
se-ram se-ki
ITItaliano
terrificamente
te-ri-fi-ka-men-te
JA日本語
恐ろしく (osoroshiku)
o-so-ro-shi-ku
KKKK
қорқыныш (qorkynysh)
qor-kin-ysh
KO한국어
무서운 (museoun)
mu-seo-un
MRMR
भयानक (bhayank)
bhaya-nak
MSBahasa Melayu
mengerikan
men-ge-ri-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ကြောက်တဲ့ (kyauk-te)
kya-uk-te
NLNederlands
vreselijk
vree-se-lijk
NONorsk
fryktelig
fryk-te-lig
PAPA
ਦੁ:ਖદ (dukhad)
duk-had
PLPolski
okropnie
ok-rop-nee
PTPortuguês
assustadoramente
as-su-sta-do-ra-men-te
RORomână
teribil
te-ri-bil
RUРусский
ужасно (uzhasno)
oo-zhas-no
SVSvenska
skräckligt
skraek-ligt
TAதமிழ்
பதட்டமான (padattamāṉ)
pa-da-tta-ma-an
TEతెలుగు
భయంకరమైన (bhayankaramayina)
bhaya-nkara-ma-yin-a
THไทย
น่ากลัว (na klua)
nah klu-ah
TLTL
napakasindak
na-pa-ka-sin-dak
TRTürkçe
korkunç bir şekilde
kor-kun-ch bir she-kay-de
UKУкраїнська
жахливий (zhahliv)
zah-liv-iy
URاردو
خوفناک (khaufnaak)
khauf-naak
VITiếng Việt
kinh khủng
kinh khung
ZH中文
可怕地 (kěpà de)
keh-pah deh
ZUZU
ngathuthu
ngah-thoo-thoo