direfully

1. 1.

   in a direful manner

   “seeing himself trapped, he cried out direfully”

Questions about direfully

What does direfully mean?

direfully means "in a direful manner".

How many syllables are in direfully?

direfully has 4 syllables and divides as di-re-ful-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is direfully a common word?

direfully is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.