terribly
adverb
ter·ri·bly
ˈter-ə-blē
ˈte-rə-
1
: 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
2
: 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
3
: very much
I miss you terribly.
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“Terribly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terribly. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.
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