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[ adverb ] (informal) used as intensifiers, as in "terribly interesting"
Synonyms Examples "I'm awful sorry" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)It is awfully talky , for_instance , and not all_of the talk is terribly impressive . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)It grows terribly and unavoidably in power and leaves in its wake a trail of misery , moral disintegration , and destruction . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The release , the freedom , involved in loving another is either terribly difficult or_else absolutely impossible ; and the motion toward it brings disaster . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)`` I am terribly sorry to keep you waiting '' , she said , `` but won't you make yourself a little drink while you wait ? (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)She was terribly pleased . Related terms |
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