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direfully
(adverb) in a direful manner; “seeing himself trapped, he cried out direfully”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
direfully (comparative more direfully, superlative most direfully)
In a direful manner.
Source: Wiktionary
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
20 June 2024
(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”
“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States