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Synonyms for terribly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : ter-uh-blee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛr ə bli

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Définition of terribly

Origin :
  • "dreadfully," 1520s, see terrible + -ly (2); in the sense of "extremely" it is first recorded 1833; in the sense of "extremely badly" it dates from 1930.
  • adv very
Example sentences :
  • But the first winter was terribly severe for these poor runaways.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • There he took the boots—they were terribly stained, he saw—and drew them on.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "Girls, if you only knew how terribly this embarrasses me," pleaded Grace.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • It is wretched that they should have to do so, and it is wrong, terribly wrong, of society that it should force them to do so.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • If Linda feels that she has been so terribly defrauded, she can help herself now!
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • "Your Uncle Matthew was terribly upset by it," he said, reverting to the play.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • "That man must have been terribly angry," he said to himself.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Oh, Virginia, my love, do not deceive yourself; do not deceive us so terribly.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The question of landing was worrying Grant at that time and worrying him terribly.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • I am subject to the trac or stage fright, and I have it terribly.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

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