- Direfully
- Direful Dire"ful, a. [Dire + -ful.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. -- {Dire"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Dire"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Direfully
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direfully — adverb in a direful manner seeing himself trapped, he cried out direfully • Derived from adjective: ↑direful * * * adverb see direful * * * direˈfully adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑dire … Useful english dictionary
direfully — adverb see direful … New Collegiate Dictionary
direfully — See direful. * * * … Universalium
direfully — adv. dreadfully, horribly … English contemporary dictionary
direfully — dire·ful·ly … English syllables
direful — direfully, adv. direfulness, n. /duyeur feuhl/, adj. 1. dreadful; awful; terrible. 2. indicating trouble: direful forecasts. [1575 85; DIRE + FUL] * * * … Universalium
direful — adjective Date: 1565 1. dreadful < direful war began again Charles Dickens > 2. ominous • direfully adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
direfulness — See direfully. * * * … Universalium
direful — adjective archaic extremely bad. Derivatives direfully adverb … English new terms dictionary
direful — /ˈdaɪəfʊl/ (say duyuhfool) adjective dreadful; awful; terrible. –direfully, adverb –direfulness, noun …
