something dreadful in English

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      "expansion": "something dreadful (not comparable)",
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          "word": "something awful"
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          "ref": "2004 July 31, cypher, “The twat list”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet)",
          "text": "The old bastard was prevaricating something dreadful.",
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  ],
  "word": "something dreadful"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "something dreadful (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
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        {
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          "text": "The old bastard was prevaricating something dreadful.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of something awful"
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  "word": "something dreadful"
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"something dreadful" meaning in English

Adverb