terribly
adverbecourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈtɛɹ.ɪ.bli//
Very; extremely.
adverbe
- 1
vieilliSo as to cause terror or awe.
The lion roared terribly.
The mere sensuous impact of trumpet or saxophone, whatever it happened to be playing, was an echo, even though a faint echo, of that excitement and abandon. He wanted to taste, smell, hear: his senses were terribly alive.
- 2
Very; extremely.
He's terribly busy and you really shouldn't bother him.
The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table.
- 3
Very badly.
She took part in the karaoke, but sang terribly.
“A joyride gone terribly wrong,” Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said during a news conference in Steilacoom, which is about 3 miles from the island.
Étymologie
Inherited from Middle English terribli. By surface analysis, terrible + -ly.
Formes
- comparatif
- more terribly
- superlatif
- most terribly