terribly
adverb
ter·ri·bly
ˈter-ə-blē 
ˈte-rə-
1
: to an extreme degree : very : extremely
became terribly ill
had a terribly nice time
got terribly excited
I had tried a little radio before the war and hadn't been terribly impressed with it at the time.—
Walter Cronkite
Walter CronkiteHe and Jimmy got into a quarrel about the girl's being fired, and it got terribly bitter.—Virginia Foster Durr
Virginia Foster Durr2
: in a terrible way : very badly, poorly, or unpleasantly
behaving terribly
They were treated terribly.
This can be regarded as a somewhat progressive attitude because it is true that women were terribly abused in the Roman world.—Norman F. Cantor
Norman F. CantorAnd then the next year I played terribly and finished close to last.—Gene Littler
Gene Littler3
: very much
I miss you terribly.
Examples of terribly in a Sentence
I'm terribly sorry to bother you
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After its last attempt to take down the Autobots goes terribly awry, he’s booted out of the Decepticons forever.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 12 June 2025
So, performance per unit weight isn't terribly far behind copper in that respect.
—Joe Salas
june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2025
As events would soon make clear, that assumption was terribly misguided.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2025
What if the breakthroughs prove to be terribly expensive?
—Dr. Marschall Runge, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 12 June 2025
So, performance per unit weight isn't terribly far behind copper in that respect.
—Joe Salas
june 10, New Atlas, 10 June 2025
As events would soon make clear, that assumption was terribly misguided.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2025
What if the breakthroughs prove to be terribly expensive?
—Dr. Marschall Runge, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for terribly
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“Terribly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terribly. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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