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In some senses, terribly is marked as dated, literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
boring, busy, cold, crowded, dirty, excited, hot, hungry
VERB + TERRIBLY
am, house, hurts, lectures, mind, miss, roared, shaking
TERRIBLY + NOUN
morning
adv
So as to cause terror or awe.
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.
Very; extremely.
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.
Very badly.
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.
adverb — used as intensifiers
adverb — in a terrible manner
The lion roared terribly.
WiktionaryThe 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
WiktionaryHe's terribly busy and you really shouldn't bother him.
WiktionaryI am terribly busy because the report deadline is near.
Tatoeba · #29500Would you mind terribly making me a cup of coffee?
Tatoeba · #30941Bruce was terribly upset when his girlfriend left him, but he soon got over it.
Tatoeba · #34122i Register
In some senses, terribly is marked as dated, literary. Watch for register when choosing this word.