Dreadfully has 3 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tom is dreadfully wrong. | |
| 2. | It will be dreadfully hot. | |
| 3. | I'm dreadfully sorry. | |
| 4. | I'm a dreadfully wicked and ungrateful girl, and I deserve to be punished and cast out by respectable people forever. | |
| 5. | She writhed as one who is in terrible pain, and her limbs were dreadfully convulsed. | |
| 6. | On opening the door, they found the bridegroom lying across the threshold, dreadfully wounded, and streaming with blood. | |
| 7. | It'll be dreadfully hot. | |
| 8. | Tom was dreadfully killed during the last days of the war. |