horridly

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Adverb
  • When a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a subway goes horribly wrong, Reacher is drawn into a complex and deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 May 2026
  • When a mysterious figure emerges from Judith’s past and a hit goes horribly wrong, both of their worlds are turned upside down as they’re forced to go on the run together.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 May 2026
Adverb
  • Second, the only games the Spurs have lost in this series are when either Wemby has played terribly or gotten thrown out of the game.
    Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • But even doing very little can still go terribly wrong.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Adverb
  • More than anything, this documentary is dreadfully dull.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • That’s another company with a stock that acts dreadfully.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • The Mercedes might have looked awfully dominant in Australia, China, and Japan, but as of now, the season looks like a four-way fight.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 4 May 2026
  • All four Southern California teams came awfully close to advancing to the second round of the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championships.
    Daily News, Daily News, 1 May 2026
Adverb
  • This way, the white people are exposed treating the Indigenous people horrendously — putting clothes on them, taking pictures without permission and treating them without respect.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • With respect to humor’s inherent subjectivity, the appallingly ugly aesthetics of the AI overwhelm any possible comedic sensibility on display.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
  • Democrats appallingly gamed the system early on by inserting their activists (rather than fair-minded community members) on the map-drawing panels.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The rungs were slippery with rain, and the bridge wobbled sickeningly with each step.
    Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The nu-metal tribute to the late right-wing activist is deeply catchy and sickeningly soppy, like Creed but a lot worse.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
Adverb
  • Olof is disturbingly sane, but there is not a sentimental bone in his body.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • Indeed, the most recent exchanges of fire have demonstrated just how disturbingly successful Hezbollah has been in rebuilding its capabilities.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Horridly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horridly. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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