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Meanings of horribly in English

Portuguese
horrivelmente

Of a dreadful kind.

        horrivelmente
        Usage of horribly in English
        1
        Unfortunately, a lot of times, the information is wrong or horribly incomplete.
        Wired
        2
        He was horribly bored with life in general, and me in particular.
        The Lady of the Decoration
        3
        I apparently waited too long, however, because they'd already gone horribly bitter.
        Wired
        4
        Free jumps were horribly dangerous, though not because hyperspace itself was dangerous.
        Fortune's Pawn
        5
        But this legal representation often falls horribly short of what is necessary.
        The Guardian
        6
        An exercise in vote gathering for Mr Peres, that went horribly wrong.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Watch: Manuel Neuer horribly caught out of position as South Korea score
        The South African
        8
        It's all gone horribly wrong and the amount of interest is spectacular.
        The Guardian
        9
        The truth of this in the days that followed was horribly demonstrated.
        Michael
        10
        The body seemed a mass of ruptured flesh; it had suffered horribly.
        Theresa Raquin
        11
        His was no sham ardor; the man was hotly, horribly in earnest.
        Heart of the Sunset
        12
        I had never managed to portray human nature without being horribly corny.
        The Clown
        13
        Quite horribly the lines from my poem float tauntingly back to me:
        The great lover
        14
        As Ghost Town reached number one, its lyrics were horribly borne out.
        The Guardian
        15
        There was absolutely no indication things were about to go horribly wrong.
        The Irish Times
        16
        Seeking reaction from Argentinians who were so horribly inept is heavy work.
        The Irish Times
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