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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Cardinal Lawrence — Conclave When this selection process kicked off, Cardinal Thomas Lawrence was well-liked and respected but not making waves or campaigning terribly hard to assume the top brass. —

Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025 No doubt Long and her fellow editorialists might respond that owing to the desperate poverty that was the norm in China not terribly long ago, the Chinese tend to save the fruits of their exports. —

John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 The Cyclones shot it terribly from 3 (1 of 17), with Lipsey, Jefferson and Gilbert combining to go 0 for 8 from deep. —

Cj Moore, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025 No one could take the loose constellation of streaming titles, media appearances, corporate statements and #resistance memes that came to comprise this culture terribly seriously as an answer to the real problems facing the country. —

Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for terribly