Horribly Meaning
/ˈhɒɹɪbli/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advIn a horrible way; very badly.
advTo an extreme degree or extent.
Sentence Examples
During his illness, he fell away horribly.
My tooth is making me suffer horribly.
The lack of water made me suffer horribly.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She performed ____ in the competition and came last.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was ____ injured in the car accident and had to spend many months in the hospital.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horrible + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Looking back at the 2020s from our vantage point in 2030, the first great event was the complete destruction of Donald Trump’s Republican Party. As the former Republican consultant Mike Murphy had noticed, there were roughly 300 state and federal elections during the Trump years and Republicans did horribly in most of them."
— 2020 January 2, David Brooks, “A Ridiculously Optimistic History of the Next Decade”, in The New York Times:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She performed ____ in the competition and came last.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was ____ injured in the car accident and had to spend many months in the hospital.