Definitions for terribly
ˈtɛr ə bliter·ri·b·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. terribly, awfully, awful, frightfullyadverb

   used as intensifiers

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

2. terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenlyadverb

   in a terrible manner

   "she sings terribly"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. terriblyadverb

   Causing terror or awe.

   The lion roared terribly.

2. terriblyadverb

   Very; extremely.

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

3. terriblyadverb

   Very badly.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Terriblynoun

   Etymology: from terrible.

   1. Dreadfully; formidably; so as to raise fear.

   The polish’d steel gleams terribly from far,
   And every moment nearer shows the war. Dryden.

   2. Violently; very much.

   The poor man squalled terribly. Gulliver’s Travels.

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1. terribly

   Terribly is an adverb that means to a great or extreme degree, in a way that causes distress or discomfort; in an extreme or intense manner; it can also mean very badly or poorly in quality. The word is often used for emphasis.

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?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Muriel MacDonald:

   This is a terribly frightening, existential crisis that demands a different course of action, if we play by the old rules, we are going to suffer terribly.

2. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley:

   In the face of overwhelming video evidence that something had gone terribly wrong, South Carolina did not erupt in riots or violence.

3. Police Chief Tom Lewis:

   Obviously in this circumstance, something went terribly wrong.

4. 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.

5. Elissa Wall:

   I was now the property of my cousin. And no matter how resistant I was to him, his job was to get me into submission as quickly as possible… Then the sexual abuse came later as he started to force himself on me and force that my role as a wife was to be at his beck and call and to have his children. And when I became resistant to that, then the physical abuse started to take over. And I think the frustration of my cousin, his frustration of being judged for not being a good man because his wife wasn’t submissive and she wasn’t good — that all compounded the problem. i felt like something was going terribly wrong.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=terribly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Terribly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=terribly
4. ^ ChatGPT
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