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Adverb
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In the movie, Nicholson plays a bank robber whose heist goes terribly wrong, leaving a trail of death and destruction behind.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025 -
And, when Andreeva did just that and snagged the big title, no one who’s been following women’s tennis was terribly surprised.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Now The film is poorly edited and directed from its simple dialogue scenes to its sprawling robo-battles.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Vibe performs poorly on the Geekbench 6 CPU testing software, with a single-core score of 412 and a multi-core score of 1,422.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Remember, too much of a good thing can turn bad quickly!—
Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
3 Apr. 2024
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That started off bad and got better.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2023
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“Dreadfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreadfully. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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