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direly

adv

Etymology

From dire + -ly.

  1. borrowed from dīrus — “fearful, ominous”
  2. suffixed as direly — “dire + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a dire manner

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA