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Meanings of terribly in English

Portuguese
abissalmente

In an atrocious manner.

        abissalmente
        Portuguese
        terrivelmente

        Used as intensifiers.

              terrivelmente

              Of a dreadful kind.

                    Usage of terribly in English
                    1
                    Of course she wanted his approval, of course; she wanted it terribly.
                    Lost in translation
                    2
                    It didn't seem terribly important to answer that right now, perhaps later.
                    Summer of Night
                    3
                    The problem is that the virus lurks for a terribly long time.
                    News.com.au
                    4
                    Solving this problem is not impossible, but neither is it terribly practical.
                    Wired
                    5
                    As the financial crisis deepened, events confirmed Minerva's prophecies all too terribly.
                    Wired
                    6
                    The reasons are not terribly sophisticated and mostly work for the young.
                    The Guardian
                    7
                    Brown says: When we had violence here, women and children suffered terribly.
                    The Guardian
                    8
                    No sense in waking him just yet; he'd been out terribly late.
                    The cold room
                    9
                    Eight months before this crisis, a routine day had gone terribly awry.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    I'm terribly sorry to be the one to bear this particular news.
                    Ghost Story
                    11
                    Mr Key said he could not imagine they would be terribly happy.
                    Radio NZ
                    12
                    A great deal of it involves fucking terribly unpleasant people, of course.
                    Dexter is delicious
                    13
                    They looked terribly lonely, so I quickly gave them a good home.
                    Dexter’s Final Cut
                    14
                    A letter writer to this paper described her remarks as terribly unfair.
                    The Irish Times
                    15
                    In Rosalyn's case, we figure something went terribly wrong in her childhood.
                    Sahm I am
                    16
                    It isn't a terribly difficult question, but still students will make mistakes.
                    Wired
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                    Translations for terribly
                    Terribly through the time
                    Terribly across language varieties
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