Terribly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Terrible \Ter"ri*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to
     frighten. See {Terror}.]
     1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread;
        dreadful; formidable.
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              Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.
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              Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord
              thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
                                                    --Deut. vii.
                                                    21.
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     2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
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              The terrible coldness of the season.  --Clarendon.
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     Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
          horrible; shocking; awful.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Ter"ri*ble*ness}, n. -- {Ter"ri*bly},
          adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  terribly
       adv 1: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful
              sorry" [syn: {awfully}, {awful}, {frightfully}]
       2: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: {atrociously},
           {awfully}, {abominably}, {abysmally}, {rottenly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  129 Moby Thesaurus words for "terribly":
     abominably, agonizingly, alarmingly, almighty, appallingly,
     astoundingly, atrociously, awfully, baldly, balefully, banefully,
     basely, bestially, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, brutally,
     confoundedly, contemptibly, cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly,
     decidedly, despicably, detestably, deucedly, direly,
     disconcertingly, disgustingly, dismayingly, distressingly,
     dolorously, dreadful, dreadfully, egregiously, exceedingly,
     excessively, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extravagantly,
     extremely, fabulously, fearfully, flagrantly, forbiddingly, foully,
     frightfully, fulsomely, ghastly, greatly, grievously, grimly,
     grossly, gruesomely, hellishly, hideously, highly, horrendously,
     horribly, horridly, horrifically, horrifyingly, improperly,
     incredibly, inexcusably, infamously, infernally, inordinately,
     intolerably, just, lamentably, loathsomely, mightily, mighty,
     miserably, nakedly, nastily, nauseatingly, notoriously,
     obnoxiously, odiously, offensively, only too, openly, outrageously,
     painfully, piteously, powerful, powerfully, pretty, quite, real,
     really, remarkably, repugnantly, repulsively, revoltingly, right,
     sadly, savagely, scandalously, shabbily, shamefully, shatteringly,
     shockingly, so, something awful, something fierce, sordidly,
     sorely, staggeringly, startlingly, strikingly, terrifically,
     thoroughly, torturously, tragically, tremendously, unashamedly,
     unbearably, unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably, very, viciously,
     vilely, woefully, wretchedly