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direfully

direfully adverb: in a direful manner.

Adverb

direfully (comparative more direfully, superlative most direfully)

  1. In a direful manner.

Forms of direfully

comparativemore direfully
superlativemost direfully

Origin of direfully

From direful + -ly.

Questions about direfully

What does direfully mean?
Direfully means in a direful manner.
What part of speech is direfully?
Direfully is an adverb.

Words near direfully in the dictionary

  1. directrices
  2. directrix
  3. directrixes
  4. directs
  5. direful
  6. direfully
  7. direfulness
  8. direly
  9. dirempt
  10. dirempted
  11. dirempting

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