Meaning
3 sensesIn a horrible way; very badly.
The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.
fürchterlich
ужа́сноužásno, стра́шноstrášno, ужа́сноužásno
(often)To an extreme degree or extent.
Then everything went horribly wrong.
The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him.
With a very bad effect.
Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.
ужа́сноužásno, стра́шноstrášno
- of a dreadful kind
Examples
47 sentencesTom knew something had gone horribly wrong.
Tom realized something had gone horribly wrong.
Tom realized that something had gone horribly wrong.
Tom knew that something had gone horribly wrong.
Everything is going horribly wrong for Tom.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horriblFrom Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horrible + -ly.
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Forms
more horribly, most horribly| Comparative | more horribly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most horribly |
regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- of a dreadful kind:dreadfullyawfully
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb