terribly

adverb

ter·ri·bly ˈter-ə-blē

ˈte-rə-

Synonyms of terribly next

: 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

He and Jimmy got into a quarrel about the girl's being fired, and it got terribly bitter.—

Virginia Foster Durr

: 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

And then the next year I played terribly and finished close to last.—

Gene Littler

: very much

I miss you terribly.

Examples of terribly in a Sentence

I'm terribly sorry to bother you

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What about flat-screen TVs of the 4K variety, and that not terribly long ago retailed for $25,000. —

John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 But as dawn broke, the control room received word that something was terribly wrong. —

Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024 That’s not terribly surprising, given all the C-suite criticism of the state’s often pro-consumer leanings. —

Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024 The trauma is ascribed to the violation of the tender feelings of those terribly frightened by Trump’s victory, and nowhere is the concern more salient than in higher education. —

Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for terribly