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English Dictionary: terribly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
terribly
adv
  1. used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry"
    Synonym(s): terribly, awfully, awful, frightfully
  2. in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly"
    Synonym(s): terribly, atrociously, awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Terrible \Ter"ri*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. terribilis, fr. terrere to
      frighten. See {Terror}.]
      1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread;
            dreadful; formidable.
  
                     Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.
  
                     Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord
                     thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
                                                                              --Deut. vii.
                                                                              21.
  
      2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
  
                     The terrible coldness of the season.   --Clarendon.
  
      Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
               horrible; shocking; awful. -- {Ter"ri*ble*ness}, n. --
               {Ter"ri*bly}, adv.
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