Dreadfully

Examples

• She was coughing most dreadfully, and her breath was still more oppressed than my own. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I think the corners of his mouth were dreadfully spiteful. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She's dreadfully dirty, and half naked, she said. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Your hands are bigger than mine, and you will stretch my glove dreadfully, began Meg, whose gloves were a tender point with her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was dreadfully improper, I know, but I couldn't resist the temptation, and lifting one end of the curtain before the glass door, I peeped in. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Pa told me only yesterday morning (and dreadfully unhappy he is) that he couldn't weather the storm. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He was driving on some excursion of pleasure, when he came upon a man dreadfully broken down by age. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Why was the evil so dreadfully increased by Harriet's having some hope of a return? Jane Austen. Emma.
• I am not quite sure what my nervous system is, but I was dreadfully low-spirited. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I am dreadfully angry with them myself; but I would rather Peggotty didn't know. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Mamma needs you dreadfully, and I do hope you can get away at once and go straight to Granny's. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I am so dreadfully frightened. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It is dreadfully dull for her when there is no company, said Mrs. Vincy, who was seated at the old lady's side. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He seemed to be dreadfully unwell and fatigued. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mammy is the best I ever knew, said Marie; and yet Mammy, now, is selfish--dreadfully selfish; it's the fault of the whole race. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I have a dreadfully secular mind. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I'm dreadfully in debt, and it won't be my turn to have the rag money for a month. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Rachel appeared as one dreadfully troubled, and at last began to cry. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It has shaken me most dreadfully. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He found his brother-in-law in a condition of pitiable infirmity--and dreadfully afraid of Rebecca, though eager in his praises of her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I am dreadfully melancholy, but, being so close to the enemy, pray don't tell anybody. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You must have killed her, said I, in so dreadfully weak a state as she was in. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• How dreadfully unkind in a brother nothing has ever turned my love away from! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She was, however, dreadfully agitated, _quand même_. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I'm dreadfully late--you weren't worried, were you? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The main army he took along the desolate coast back to the Persian Gulf, and on the way it suffered dreadfully and lost many men through thirst. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Poor Sir Thomas will feel it dreadfully. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He and Mrs. Weston were both dreadfully desponding. Jane Austen. Emma.
• She was so dreadfully alarmed and distressed that she was quite useless. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

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