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dreadly

adj

Etymology

From Middle English dredli, dredlich, dredlyche, dredeliche, equivalent to dread + -ly.

  1. inherited from dredli

Definitions

  1. dreadful

    • Lo! 'mid the dreadly solitude a pilgrim form I see / Swift gliding towards me—

  2. With dread.

    • […] when high in Air / The chos'n Archangel rides, whose right hand weilds / Th'imperial standard of heav'n's providence, / Which dreadly sweeping thro' the vaulted sky / O'ershadows all creation.
    • His vast countenance was unutterably and dreadly calm;

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