as in extremely
to a great degree
I'm terribly sorry to bother you
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Recent Examples of terribly
Mazin: There’s something so terribly sad to me about seeing a powerful person brought low.
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Kennedy Urlacher, the son of Chicago Bears’ Hall of Fame linebacker Brian, isn’t likely to be a game-changing addition, at least not right away, but the Trojans were terribly thin at safety, and Urlacher gives them a young rotational player to develop behind Kamari Ramsey and Bishop Fitzgerald.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
To Graydon Carter, a founder and coeditor of Air Mail and former editor of Vanity Fair, all of this seems terribly unfair.
—Nathan King, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
Something would have to go terribly wrong for the Yankees to give up on the 2025 season.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Katcy Stephan, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Kennedy Urlacher, the son of Chicago Bears’ Hall of Fame linebacker Brian, isn’t likely to be a game-changing addition, at least not right away, but the Trojans were terribly thin at safety, and Urlacher gives them a young rotational player to develop behind Kamari Ramsey and Bishop Fitzgerald.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
To Graydon Carter, a founder and coeditor of Air Mail and former editor of Vanity Fair, all of this seems terribly unfair.
—Nathan King, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025
Something would have to go terribly wrong for the Yankees to give up on the 2025 season.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for terribly
Adverb
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Revel is extremely talented, but the Bills need a corner who can step in and be good to go from the beginning of the season.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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Western Conference Finals Potential Opponents: Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves or Golden State Warriors The expectation is that the Thunder will have a clear path to the Western Conference Finals, which will undoubtedly be an extremely tough series.—
Nick Crain,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Miami closed to within 85-79 very late in the third, a stretch when Miami briefly gave the Cavs problems with their zone defense.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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Press very firmly into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Within the first 100 days of his second administration President Donald Trump has been incredibly busy, implementing major changes from enacting tariffs to targeting diversity initiatives.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Most importantly, Brian was an incredibly loving father to our two sons and will be greatly missed.—
Katrina Kaufman,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Standing push-ups done against a wall are another option, too.—
Cathy Cassata,
Health,
30 Apr. 2025
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Having potentially too many high-end offensive defensemen can lead to some issues, including disagreements on utilization (only one defenseman is usually on the top power play), contract disputes (production is what usually leads to money) and would even possibly open them up to offer sheets.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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But that same process is highly flawed and produces some troubled players.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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More is needed in a highly competitive Eastern Conference, as the other playoff series are showing.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Nazar, 13, is on the long road to recovery with support from UNICEF and partners after being badly injured by an explosive remnant of war in eastern Ukraine.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Ben Simmons missed a hook in the paint badly and wasn’t used after the first quarter.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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What are the most important experiences in your life so far?—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
23 Apr. 2025
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In doing so, they were buffered by other Spanish thinkers who took issue with las Casas’s arguments, primarily Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The combo of that large, efficient head; the dampening factor of the wood handle; and a nice texture at the base of the grip just felt so damned good, strike after strike.—
Joe Jackson,
Outside Online,
20 Nov. 2024
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Still, Moore is pretty damned great — this could almost be her Fly.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
20 Sep. 2024
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“Terribly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terribly. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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