horribly

CEFRB1

/ˈhɒɹɪbli/

adverb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    In a very bad or unpleasant way.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    To an extreme degree or extent.

Examples

  • During his illness, he fell away horribly.

  • My tooth is making me suffer horribly.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adverb

Extra meanings

  1. With a very bad effect.

  2. In a horrible way; very badly.

More examples

In context

  • The lack of water made me suffer horribly.

  • The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.

  • The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him.

Synonyms

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Origin

adverb

From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horrible + -ly.