horribly

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

horribly (comparative more horribly, superlative most horribly)

1. (manner) In a horrible way; very badly.

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

2. (degree, often modifying a negative adverb or adjective) To an extreme degree or extent.

   Then everything went horribly wrong.

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

3. (evaluative) With a very bad effect.

   Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.

Usage notes

• Adjectives to which "horribly" is often applied: wrong, afraid, bad, pleased, expensive, painful, slow, sick, cold, sad, difficult, cruel, fond, long, ill, awry, funny, familiar, depressed, ashamed, dirty, true, hot, confused, hard, tired.

Synonyms

• (all senses): dreadfully, frightfully, grisly (obsolete), horrifyingly, terribly, terrifyingly
• (very; to an extreme degree or extent): very, terribly, awfully

Translations

in a horrible way

• Catalan: horriblement (ca)
• Czech: hrozně (cs)
• Finnish: kammottavasti (fi)
• French: horriblement (fr)
• Galician: horribelmente
• German: fürchterlich (de)
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• Italian: orribilmente (it)
• Portuguese: horrivelmente
• Russian: ужа́сно (ru) (užásno), стра́шно (ru) (strášno)
• Spanish: horriblemente (es)
• Turkish: berbatça

extremely

• Czech: hrozně (cs)
• Finnish: kauhean (fi), kauheasti (fi)
• French: horriblement (fr)
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• Russian: ужа́сно (ru) (užásno), стра́шно (ru) (strášno)
• Walloon: teribmint (wa), carapmint (wa)

with a bad effect

• Finnish: kammottavasti (fi)
• French: horriblement (fr)
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• Russian: ужа́сно (ru) (užásno), стра́шно (ru) (strášno)