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direfully

/ˈdaɪə.fəl.i/

Traducción: Adverbio que significa «de manera terrible, espantosa o siniestra». Se usa para describir acciones o situaciones llenas de miedo, desastre o malos presagios. Tiene un fuerte matiz literario o formal.

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adverb

C2formalcommon/ˈdaɪə.fəl.i/

An adverb meaning "in a dreadful, terrible, or ominous manner." It is used to describe actions or situations that are filled with dread, disaster, or foreboding. The word carries a strong literary or formal tone.

  • 🇪🇸Adverbio que significa «de manera terrible, espantosa o siniestra». Se usa para describir acciones o situaciones llenas de miedo, desastre o malos presagios. Tiene un fuerte matiz literario o formal.
  1. In a direful manner C2 formal

    In a way that causes or expresses great fear, dread, or suffering.

    • The storm approached direfully, darkening the sky.
    • He spoke direfully of the consequences of inaction.
    • The prophecy was direfully fulfilled.

    🇪🇸de manera aterradora

    Sinónimos: dreadfullyfearfullyfrightfullyhorriblyterribly

  • more direfully comparative form
  • most direfully superlative form