terribly
adverb
ter·ri·bly
ˈter-ə-blē 
ˈte-rə-
1
: to an extreme degree : very : extremely
became terribly ill
had a terribly nice time
got terribly excited
I had tried a little radio before the war and hadn't been terribly impressed with it at the time.—
Walter Cronkite
Walter CronkiteHe and Jimmy got into a quarrel about the girl's being fired, and it got terribly bitter.—Virginia Foster Durr
Virginia Foster Durr2
: in a terrible way : very badly, poorly, or unpleasantly
behaving terribly
They were treated terribly.
This can be regarded as a somewhat progressive attitude because it is true that women were terribly abused in the Roman world.—Norman F. Cantor
Norman F. CantorAnd then the next year I played terribly and finished close to last.—Gene Littler
Gene Littler3
: very much
I miss you terribly.
Synonyms
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of terribly in a Sentence
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This storied racer carries a high-end estimate of about $420,000, which doesn’t seem to be a terribly large sum for such a significant motorsport icon.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Related Articles Kurtenbach: The A’s treated their fans terribly.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
Take Care of Employees’ Needs First A pizza party might be received well by the employees of one company and terribly by another — the difference largely comes down to the underlying culture.
—Jason Hennessey, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
Tim’s insights, expertise and volunteer leadership have been key to our global expansion and he will be terribly missed by us all.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 31 Mar. 2024
Tim’s insights, expertise and volunteer leadership have been key to our global expansion, and he will be terribly missed by us all.
—Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
Like the totes, there's nothing terribly unique about the product, but there's tons of excitement from the market—fueled, in large part, by the zeal of TikTok content creators.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Like the walls of his tenement house, lined with calendar clippings, the museum that bears his name is born of curiosity, of being awake to the world, and terribly, marvelously interested.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
She was brought in with another cat and was terribly shy.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Related Articles Kurtenbach: The A’s treated their fans terribly.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
Take Care of Employees’ Needs First A pizza party might be received well by the employees of one company and terribly by another — the difference largely comes down to the underlying culture.
—Jason Hennessey, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
Tim’s insights, expertise and volunteer leadership have been key to our global expansion and he will be terribly missed by us all.
—Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 31 Mar. 2024
Tim’s insights, expertise and volunteer leadership have been key to our global expansion, and he will be terribly missed by us all.
—Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
Like the totes, there's nothing terribly unique about the product, but there's tons of excitement from the market—fueled, in large part, by the zeal of TikTok content creators.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Like the walls of his tenement house, lined with calendar clippings, the museum that bears his name is born of curiosity, of being awake to the world, and terribly, marvelously interested.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
She was brought in with another cat and was terribly shy.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Terribly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terribly. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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