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affreusement

dreadfully, terribly

adverb ah-fruhz-MAHN Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Degree

Usage Note

Affreusement is derived from affreux/affreuse ('dreadful') and is used as an intensifier as well as a literal descriptor: affreusement laid ('dreadfully ugly') or affreusement douloureux ('terribly painful'). In conversational French it functions much like terriblement or horriblement, and the three are largely interchangeable.

Examples

"Le film était affreusement long et ennuyeux."

Natural Translation

The film was dreadfully long and boring.

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