terribly
/ˈtɛɹ.ɪ.bli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Very; extremely.
adv
Very badly.
Example Sentences
- "The lion roared terribly."
- "The mere sensuous impact of trumpet or saxophone, whatever it happened to be playing, was an echo, even though a faint echo, of that excitement and abandon. He wanted to taste, smell, hear: his senses were terribly alive."
- "He's terribly busy and you really shouldn't bother him."
- "The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table."
- "She took part in the karaoke, but sang terribly."
- "“A joyride gone terribly wrong,” Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said during a news conference in Steilacoom, which is about 3 miles from the island."
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Inflected Forms
more terribly (comparative)
most terribly (superlative)