terribly
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| —adv | |
| 1. | in a terrible manner |
| 2. | (intensifier): you're terribly kind |
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Terribly
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
terribly
"dreadfully," 1520s, see terrible; in the sense of "extremely" it is first recorded 1833; in the sense of "extremely badly" it dates from 1930.
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Example sentences
It's terribly disturbing, and one would think that something had to be horribly wrong for someone to do that.
Not many teenage boys in any culture seem terribly interested in taking this particular route to success.
Pedestrian advice that is, as noted earlier, not terribly inspiring.
Not a terribly long time for discussion, but the book is sensational and a quick read.
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