DIREFULLY

direfully

(adverb) in a direful manner; “seeing himself trapped, he cried out direfully”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

direfully (comparative more direfully, superlative most direfully)

In a direful manner.

Source: Wiktionary


DIREFUL

Dire"ful, a. Etym: [Dire + -ful.]

Definition: Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day.

– Dire"ful*ly, adv.

– Dire"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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