Definitions for terribly
ˈtɛr ə bliter·ri·bly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. terribly, awfully, awful, frightfully(adverb)

   used as intensifiers

   "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"

2. terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly(adverb)

   in a terrible manner

   "she sings terribly"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. terribly(Adverb)

   Causing terror or awe.

   The lion roared terribly.

2. terribly(Adverb)

   Very; extremely.

   He's terribly busy and you really shouldn't bother him.

3. terribly(Adverb)

   Very badly.

   She even signed up for karaoke, although she sang terribly.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'terribly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2552

2. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'terribly' in Adverbs Frequency: #383

How to pronounce terribly?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of terribly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of terribly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of terribly in a Sentence

1. Caroline Castigliano:

   I do think we will get to see it. I think it will be terribly short, there will be street parties everywhere. I presume that in the end they will do a drive when they come back in the evening. At least, that’s what I am hoping [ that ] we do get to see it.

2. Salman Rushdie:

   And so artists who go to that edge and push outwards often find very powerful forces pushing back. They find the forces of silence opposing the forces of speech. The forces of censorship against the forces of utterance, at that boundary is that push-and-pull between more and less. And that push and pull can be very dangerous to the artist. And many artists have suffered terribly for that.

3. Priti Patel:

   The Foreign Secretary has been working with The Foreign Secretary American counterparts and has been in touch with the Priti Patel administration on this. It very much seems that the lady in question wants to start cooperating with the discussions and the investigations and we should support that, we need to ensure that justice is done but obviously that cooperation with this investigation takes place. That is absolutely right. We owe that to the family and obviously this is a terribly tragic case.

4. Anuj Somany:

   It is so terribly horrible as how a news which is not even a mole in size of importance is made to look like a mountain to the people and a big problem that requires instant solution is deflected out from the attention of the population.

5. Dan Szczesny:

   They show people that not having physical things doesn't mean that you are unhappy with your life, that's terribly attractive to searchers from a capitalistic society who are used to attaining stuff to be happy.

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