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Recent Examples of horribly
After ruling for more than 25 years, Aegon died, along with Dunk, during a catastrophic fire at the Targaryen vacation palace of Summerhall in what’s suggested to be a ritual to revive dragon eggs gone horribly wrong.
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James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Her legs bent horribly, as if in flight, one from the other.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Unless things go horribly wrong.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay (Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol) accidentally travel back to the year 2008.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
There was so little to enthuse the home fans that the atmosphere was horribly flat.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The next morning, she was shot to death after getting wrapped up in a scheme gone horribly wrong.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
And that can go horribly wrong.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
But his comparison also raises the possibility that before anybody can figure out how to get the AI boom right, something must go horribly wrong.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Her legs bent horribly, as if in flight, one from the other.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Unless things go horribly wrong.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay (Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol) accidentally travel back to the year 2008.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2026
There was so little to enthuse the home fans that the atmosphere was horribly flat.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
The next morning, she was shot to death after getting wrapped up in a scheme gone horribly wrong.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
And that can go horribly wrong.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
But his comparison also raises the possibility that before anybody can figure out how to get the AI boom right, something must go horribly wrong.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horribly
Adverb
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But all of this rapturous gazing made up a terribly small fraction of the experience of being a parent.—
Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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But the arguments that AI will take over tasks and that will allow people to be more fully human is terribly mistaken and overtly hubristic.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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That’s another company with a stock that acts dreadfully.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
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Shin Godzilla, written and directed by Hideaki Anno of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame, comes the closest because it’s inspired by its own all-too-recent tragedy and feels dreadfully specific in its metaphor.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The dollars per share can be awfully confusing.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2026
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Motta reluctantly agreed to be Bernie Bickerstaff’s top assistant, and to teach the Nuggets his offense — and the $300,000 salary looked awfully good.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Many Republican officeholders in the Reaganite mold opposed them, and economists from both parties warned that they were poorly designed to reduce the overall trade deficit.—
David Pozen,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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While studies have since recognized the phenomenon in humans — in a part of the hippocampus called the dentate gyrus — evidence has been mixed and the process poorly understood.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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They can be done imperfectly without being done disastrously.—
Leslie John,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Unfortunately, the dogs were trained using Soviet tanks, and their first combat deployment ended disastrously.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The book explains the world order as three despotic governments that horrifically dominate their citizens, control their respective satellite allies and are always at war.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2026
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Overall, European leaders’ positive reception of Rubio’s speech reflected how horrifically damaged the transatlantic relationship has been by the past year of turmoil over Ukraine, and month of arson over Greenland.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Despite the robotic-like confidence coming from the Kremlin’s top policymakers and propagandists, the Russian army’s territorial gains over the last year have been abysmally small.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Four months after his death, a handful of late 1960s recordings Marley and the Wailers cut for American soul singer Johnny Nash and his business partner, Danny Sims, were rushed out on a slapdash compilation, abysmally titled Chances Are–the first cash-in of many to come.—
Eric Harvey,
Pitchfork,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Horribly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horribly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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