horriblyadv.
/ˈhɒrᵻbli/, U.S. /ˈhɔrəbli/ In a horrible manner, or to a horrible degree; so as to make one shudder or tremble; dreadfully, awfully, frightfully: sometimes as a strong intensive = Exceedingly.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being horrible > [adverb]
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grisfullya1382
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gashly1628
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horrifically1693
ghastily1829
ghastlily1830
gruesomely1893
grizzel1898
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly
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Christly1923
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1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2340 Foule devels of helle..horribely defygurd thurgh syn.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. vi. 6 Orribleli [a1425 L.V. Hidousli] and soone he shal apere to ȝou.
c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 627 He stank horriblely That noon of al his meynee þat hym kepte..Ne myghte noght for stynk of hym endure.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4864 He cryed orrybelly and confest clene.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. clxxxi. 161 Horrybelyche they tormented the body.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rest of Esther xvi. D All cities and londes that do not this, shal horribly perish.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 223 I will be horribly in loue with her. View more context for this quotation
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1510 What hideous noise was that! Horribly loud unlike the former shout. View more context for this quotation
1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 261 I am horribly down at present.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxii. 39 A matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful.
1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. 8 Suddenly his voice cracked horribly.
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