I am terribly busy because the report deadline is near.
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Terribly
//ˈtɛɹ.ɪ.bli//
Synonyms for "terribly" (153 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
horrifyinglyimproperlyincrediblyinexcusablyinfamouslyinfernallyinordinatelyintolerablyjustlamentablyloathsomelymightilymightymiserablynakedlynastilynauseatinglynotoriouslyobnoxiouslyodiously
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Translations
39 translations across 17 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- αἰνῶς adv (very; extremely)
- ἐκπάγλως adv (in a terrible manner)
Burmese
1 entries- အရမ်း adv (very; extremely)
Catalan
1 entries- terriblement adv (in a terrible manner)
Danish
1 entries- frygteligt adv (very; extremely)
Esperanto
2 entries- aĉe adv (in a terrible manner)
- malbonege adv (in a terrible manner)
Finnish
4 entries- hirmuisesti adv (in a terrible manner)
- hirveän adv (very; extremely)
- hirveästi adv (in a terrible manner)
- kauhean adv (very; extremely)
French
2 entries- terriblement adv (in a terrible manner)
- terriblement adv (very; extremely)
German
1 entries- furchtbar adv (very; extremely)
Hungarian
2 entries- borzasztóan adv (very; extremely)
- szörnyen adv (very; extremely)
Irish
1 entries- go diail adv (very; extremely)
Italian
2 entries- estremamente adv (very; extremely)
- terribilmente adv (in a terrible manner)
Polish
2 entries- okropnie adv (in a terrible manner)
- okropnie adv (very; extremely)
Russian
4 entries- весьма́ adv (very; extremely)
- гро́зно adv (in a terrible manner)
- жу́тко adv (in a terrible manner)
- жу́тко adv (very; extremely)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- grȏzno adv (in a terrible manner)
- strášno adv (in a terrible manner)
- vèoma adv (very; extremely)
- vȑlo adv (very; extremely)
Spanish
1 entries- rematadamente adv (very; extremely)
Swedish
1 entries- hemskt adv (very; extremely)
Walloon
2 entries- carapmint adv (very; extremely)
- teribmint adv (very; extremely)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Would you mind terribly making me a cup of coffee?
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Bruce was terribly upset when his girlfriend left him, but he soon got over it.
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It hurts terribly.
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