adv
Meaning 1
So as to cause terror or awe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, literary
Examples
- The lion roared terribly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
terribly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtɛɹ.ɪ.bli/
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CMU ARPABET: T EH1 R AH0 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Very; extremely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He's terribly busy and you really shouldn't bother him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Very badly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She took part in the karaoke, but sang terribly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
used as intensifiers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- terribly interesting
- I'm awful sorry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: awfully, awful, frightfully
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
in a terrible manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she sings terribly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English terribli. By surface analysis, terrible + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: terriblement — in a terrible manner
- Esperanto: aĉe — in a terrible manner
- Esperanto: malbonege — in a terrible manner
- Finnish: hirveästi — in a terrible manner
- Finnish: hirmuisesti — in a terrible manner
- French: terriblement — in a terrible manner
- Ancient Greek: ἐκπάγλως (ekpáglōs) — in a terrible manner
- Italian: terribilmente — in a terrible manner
- Polish: okropnie — in a terrible manner
- Russian: ужа́сно (užásno) — in a terrible manner
- Russian: стра́шно (strášno) — in a terrible manner
- Russian: жу́тко (žútko) — in a terrible manner
- Russian: гро́зно (grózno) — in a terrible manner
- Serbo-Croatian: ȕžāsno — in a terrible manner
- Serbo-Croatian: grȏzno — in a terrible manner
- Serbo-Croatian: strášno — in a terrible manner
- Azerbaijani: dəhşət — very; extremely
- Burmese: အရမ်း (a.ram:) — very; extremely
- Danish: frygteligt — very; extremely
- Finnish: hirveän — very; extremely
- Finnish: kauhean — very; extremely
- French: terriblement — very; extremely
- German: furchtbar — very; extremely
- Ancient Greek: αἰνῶς (ainôs) — very; extremely
- Hungarian: szörnyen — very; extremely
- Hungarian: borzasztóan — very; extremely
- Irish: go diail — very; extremely
- Italian: estremamente — very; extremely
- Polish: okropnie — very; extremely
- Russian: ужа́сно (užásno) — very; extremely
- Russian: стра́шно (strášno) — very; extremely
- Russian: жу́тко (žútko) — very; extremely
- Russian: кра́йне (krájne) — very; extremely
- Russian: весьма́ (vesʹmá) — very; extremely
- Serbo-Croatian: vȑlo — very; extremely
- Serbo-Croatian: vèoma — very; extremely
- Spanish: rematadamente — very; extremely
- Swedish: hemskt — very; extremely
- Walloon: teribmint — very; extremely
- Walloon: carapmint — very; extremely
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