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Adverb

In a terrible manner.
:It hurts terribly when I move my arm that way.
very|Very; extremely.
:He's terribly busy and you really shouldn't bother him.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.
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Thou shalt not be affrighted at them; for the Lord
thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
--Deut. vii.
21.
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2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
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The terrible coldness of the season. --Clarendon.
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Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
horrible; shocking; awful.
[1913 Webster] -- Ter"ri*ble*ness, n. -- Ter"ri*bly,
adv.
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WordNet terribly
adv 1: used as intensifiers; "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful
sorry" [syn: awfully, awful, frightfully]
2: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: atrociously,
awfully, abominably, abysmally, rottenly]

Moby Dictionary
abominably , agonizingly , alarmingly , almighty , appallingly ,
astoundingly , atrociously , awfully , baldly , balefully , banefully ,
basely , bestially , bitterly , blatantly , brashly , brutally ,
confoundedly , contemptibly , cruelly , damnably , deadly , deathly ,
decidedly , despicably , detestably , deucedly , direly ,
disconcertingly , disgustingly , dismayingly , distressingly ,
dolorously , dreadful , dreadfully , egregiously , exceedingly ,
excessively , excruciatingly , exorbitantly , extravagantly ,
extremely , fabulously , fearfully , flagrantly , forbiddingly , foully ,
frightfully , fulsomely , ghastly , greatly , grievously , grimly ,
grossly , gruesomely , hellishly , hideously , highly , horrendously ,
horribly , horridly , horrifically , horrifyingly , improperly ,
incredibly , inexcusably , infamously , infernally , inordinately ,
intolerably , just , lamentably , loathsomely , mightily , mighty ,
miserably , nakedly , nastily , nauseatingly , notoriously ,
obnoxiously , odiously , offensively , only too , openly , outrageously ,
painfully , piteously , powerful , powerfully , pretty , quite , real ,
really , remarkably , repugnantly , repulsively , revoltingly , right ,
sadly , savagely , scandalously , shabbily , shamefully , shatteringly ,
shockingly , so , something awful , something fierce , sordidly ,
sorely , staggeringly , startlingly , strikingly , terrifically ,
thoroughly , torturously , tragically , tremendously , unashamedly ,
unbearably , unconscionably , unduly , unpardonably , very , viciously ,
vilely , woefully , wretchedly