horribly

adverbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈhɒɹɪbli//
United States//ˈhɔɹəbli//
United States//ˈhɑɹəbli//

In a horrible way; very badly.

adverb

1
In a horrible way; very badly.
The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.
Looking back at the 2020s from our vantage point in 2030, the first great event was the complete destruction of Donald Trump’s Republican Party. As the former Republican consultant Mike Murphy had noticed, there were roughly 300 state and federal elections during the Trump years and Republicans did horribly in most of them.
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.

Etymology

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

Forms

comparative: more horribly
superlative: most horribly

horoscope · The position of the planets and stars at the moment of…horrendous · Extremely bad; awful; terrible.horrible · A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly…

horribly · In a horrible way; very badly.

horrid · Causing horror or dread.horrific · Causing horror; horrifying.horrified · Struck with horror.

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