EXECRABLY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

execrably

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as in terribly

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Given that humans at OpenAI had decided to turn off some safeguards for the test, some have argued the outcome should not have been terribly surprising.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
In a world that had long equated labor with the physical act of making things, such a shift was seen as not terribly manly, and potentially dangerous to society as a whole.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Definition of terribly

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Winning the European title in two years’ time would go an awfully long way to doing that, and the FA’s job here is to make decisions based on what is going to get the best out of the players, not how the public feels.

— The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Right now, though, ripe, honey-tart peaches with soft goat cheese would be awfully good with the last sips of a Chenin Blanc.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

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Part slasher parody, part meta commentary on the structure of horror movies, and fully riotous, Behind the Mask is a dreadfully under-appreciated contribution to the subgenre that would have made for a terrific franchise.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
Especially early in its career, Hum was dreadfully misclassified as just another soft-to-loud/Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana wannabe, and remained criminally under-appreciated for its heavy/stoner-friendly Midwestern shoegaze vibes long after its breakup.

— Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 16 May 2026

Definition of dreadfully

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Guardrails, if installed incorrectly or poorly maintained, can kill, rather than save, motorists who crash into them.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
Platform-first planning privileges novelty, frequency and short-term engagement—signals that are easy to measure but often poorly aligned with where wealth and decision authority truly reside.

— Ray Lansigan, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of poorly

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In practice, this meant that the state set abysmally low standards for what students should learn to advance and graduate.

— Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene had been widely shared even before that.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of abysmally

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Too little regulation could allow the unleashing of devilish AI that might wipe us out or at least be horrendously destructive.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Of all the horrendous nonsense we were forced to entertain this spring, none of it was more horrendously nonsensical than the idea of people vibe-coding their own cybersecurity solutions.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 18 May 2026

Definition of horrendously

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