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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We were treated terribly during the hostage crisis. —

Courtney Dorning, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025 And in a terribly fateful move, economists encouraged the switching of a tariff for an income tax, the spirit of 1913, when the income tax came on and the tariff was substantially reduced. —

Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 Things grew terribly worse in Providence, Rhode Island, last year, with a massive 54% more time spent in traffic than in 2023. —

Alix Martichoux, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025 At this moment, that is probably the right decision, considering the Bucks have shot the ball terribly while the big three have shared the floor. —

Eric Nehm, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for terribly