horribly

adv
/ˈhɒɹɪbli/UK/ˈhɔɹəbli/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from horribly

Definitions

  1. In a horrible way

    In a horrible way; very badly.

    • The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.
  2. To an extreme degree or extent.

    • Then everything went horribly wrong.
    • The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him.
  3. With a very bad effect.

    • Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA