Meaning

3 senses
  1. In a horrible way; very badly.

    The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.

    fürchterlich

    ужа́сноužásno, стра́шноstrášno, ужа́сноužásno

  2. (often)To an extreme degree or extent.

    Then everything went horribly wrong.

    The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him.

  3. With a very bad effect.

    Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.

    ужа́сноužásno, стра́шноstrášno

More definitions
  • of a dreadful kind

Examples

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  1. Tom knew something had gone horribly wrong.

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  2. Tom realized something had gone horribly wrong.

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  3. Tom realized that something had gone horribly wrong.

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  4. Tom knew that something had gone horribly wrong.

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  5. Everything is going horribly wrong for Tom.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horribl

From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horrible + -ly.

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Forms

more horribly, most horribly
Comparativemore horribly Lesson
Superlativemost horribly

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
very, to an extreme degree or extent:veryA1horrendouslyawfully
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhorrible

See also

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