What is the meaning of dreadfully?

Of a dreadful kind.
- usage: "there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning"
- synonyms: awfully, horribly
In a dreadful manner.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: dismally

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