terriblyadv.

Brit.

/ˈtɛrᵻbli/, U.S.

/ˈtɛrəbli/

Forms: see terrible adj., adv., and n. and -ly suffix²; also 1900s– trebly (Irish English (northern)).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: terrible adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < terrible adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Anglo-Norman teriblement, Middle French, French terriblement exceedingly, extremely (first third of the 14th cent.), in a terrible manner (a1417).

a. Very severely or painfully; hence: (with reference to an undesirable quality) exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly; (generally) very, ‘awfully’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad

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blasted1854

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blatantly1878

shamelessly1885

disgracefully1893

ruddy1913

bastarda1935

pissing1951

sodding1954

pissingly1971

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

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micklelyeOE

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un-i-fohOE

sevenfoldlOE

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Christly1923

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appallingly1937

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Christ almighty1945

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drop-dead1980

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totes2006

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 114^v Trouthe it is that I am Amorous terrybly of dame Alcumena.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 67 Hit is not to be vnremembrid that thenuie of..Peleus grewe so terribly that he..coude haue no reste.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iii. sig. N.ii^v Quho that eitis flesche in to Lent Ar terriblye put to torment.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xx. 184 It raines and snowes terribly.

1668 A. Marvell Let. 28 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 82 He is here a kind of decrepit young gentleman & terribly crest-faln.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 274 Tulips are charming to the Sight, but terribly offensive to the Smell.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 101 Relying on its courage, and the strength of its bill, with which it [sc. the puffin] bites most terribly.

1833 C. Dickens Let. ?Oct. (1965) I. 31 I am terribly out of spirits this morning.

1842 C. Fox Jrnl. 28 May (1972) 124 Carlyle..was terribly amused.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 49 Why then are they so terribly anxious to prevent you from being happy?

1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 43 She felt she would be terribly shy of Lady Caroline.

1961 N. Juster Phantom Tollbooth i. 15 I do hope this is an interesting game, otherwise the afternoon will be so terribly dull.

2000 G. Duncan Love Remains ii. 116 I made money into more money. That's what I did. I was terribly good at it.

b. In an exceedingly incompetent manner, very poorly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adverb]

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awfully1815

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > without proficiency

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incompetently1653

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terribly1906

1906 Eclectic Mag. July 11/2 The second star..wears ball dresses fashioned by her own hand which make one feel like to cry, and sings terribly.

1930 Publishers' Weekly 29 Mar. 1741 (advt.) About 1,000,000 [bridge players] now play Contract, almost all of them terribly.

1964 J. Mitchell White Father iii. 54 You can sing terribly and get away with it if only you have the right backing.

2006 New Scientist 7 Oct. 34/3 Confabulators all performed terribly this second time around.

2. In a terrible manner; so as to cause terror or dread; horrifyingly; awesomely.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb]

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a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 100 (MED) Who terribly putteth his sight, he is vexed with ill thoughtis.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. RRRiiii Impenitent synners..drawen downe to hell, moste terribly or fearfully.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 90 A..comet, quhilk..schot fyrie stremes terrabillie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 318 We heard a hollow burst of bellowing Like Buls, or rather Lyons,..It strooke mine eare most terribly .

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xxi. 169 Hee terribly affrights the Passenger if hee meete any.

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 420 This ample azure sky, Terribly large, and wonderfully bright.

1759 W. Borlase in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 504 The whim-house shook so terribly, that a man there at work ran out of it, concluding it to be falling.

1852 J. Taaffe Hist. Order St. John II. ii. i. 109 His lofty forehead was also of as dazzling a white; and his large blue eyes beneath his flaxen eyebrows shone terribly.

1883 A. I. Menken Infelicia 38 Heed not the storm-fires that so terribly burn in the black sky.

1904 Pall Mall Mag. Oct. 232/1 Guns spoke terribly, but there was no one to be seen.

1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland 15 The Banshee, a spirit attached to certain families, which will wail terribly before the death of any of its family.

1969 W. Wallich tr. H. A. Vossler With Napoleon in Russia i. viii. 67 Sword and shot had raged terribly everywhere. Men and horses had been gashed and maimed in every conceivable way.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	terribly
释义	terriblyadv. Brit. /ˈtɛrᵻbli/, U.S. /ˈtɛrəbli/ Forms: see terrible adj., adv., and n. and -ly suffix²; also 1900s– trebly (Irish English (northern)). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: terrible adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < terrible adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Anglo-Norman teriblement, Middle French, French terriblement exceedingly, extremely (first third of the 14th cent.), in a terrible manner (a1417). 1. a. Very severely or painfully; hence: (with reference to an undesirable quality) exceedingly, extremely, excessively, very greatly; (generally) very, ‘awfully’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad sorea1300 grievously1340 terrible1490 beastly?1518 shrewdlyc1533 arrantly?1548 murrainly?1548 abominablea1550 pestilence1567 pestilently1567 cursedly1570 pestiferously1570 murrain1575 plaguey1584 plaguilya1586 grievous1598 scandalously1602 horridly1603 terribly1604 monstrously1611 hellish1614 dreadfullya1616 horrid1615 pestilenta1616 infernally1638 preposterously1661 woeful1684 confoundedly1694 confounded1709 glaringly1709 cursed1719 flagrantly1756 weary1790 disgustingly1804 filthy1827 blamed1833 peskily1833 pesky1833 blame1843 blasted1854 wickedly1858 blatantly1878 shamelessly1885 disgracefully1893 ruddy1913 bastarda1935 pissing1951 sodding1954 pissingly1971 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 114^v Trouthe it is that I am Amorous terrybly of dame Alcumena. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 67 Hit is not to be vnremembrid that thenuie of..Peleus grewe so terribly that he..coude haue no reste. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour iii. sig. N.ii^v Quho that eitis flesche in to Lent Ar terriblye put to torment. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xx. 184 It raines and snowes terribly. 1668 A. Marvell Let. 28 Nov. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 82 He is here a kind of decrepit young gentleman & terribly crest-faln. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 274 Tulips are charming to the Sight, but terribly offensive to the Smell. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 101 Relying on its courage, and the strength of its bill, with which it [sc. the puffin] bites most terribly. 1833 C. Dickens Let. ?Oct. (1965) I. 31 I am terribly out of spirits this morning. 1842 C. Fox Jrnl. 28 May (1972) 124 Carlyle..was terribly amused. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 49 Why then are they so terribly anxious to prevent you from being happy? 1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 43 She felt she would be terribly shy of Lady Caroline. 1961 N. Juster Phantom Tollbooth i. 15 I do hope this is an interesting game, otherwise the afternoon will be so terribly dull. 2000 G. Duncan Love Remains ii. 116 I made money into more money. That's what I did. I was terribly good at it. b. In an exceedingly incompetent manner, very poorly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adverb] poorlyc1230 badlyc1400 meanly1550 inferiorly1605 indifferently1676 queerly1699 awfully1815 shickery1851 shoddily1899 terribly1906 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > without proficiency rawly1581 insatisfactorily1646 incompetently1653 wretchedly1677 terribly1906 1906 Eclectic Mag. July 11/2 The second star..wears ball dresses fashioned by her own hand which make one feel like to cry, and sings terribly. 1930 Publishers' Weekly 29 Mar. 1741 (advt.) About 1,000,000 [bridge players] now play Contract, almost all of them terribly. 1964 J. Mitchell White Father iii. 54 You can sing terribly and get away with it if only you have the right backing. 2006 New Scientist 7 Oct. 34/3 Confabulators all performed terribly this second time around. 2. In a terrible manner; so as to cause terror or dread; horrifyingly; awesomely. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb] dreadlyc1175 eislichec1175 grimlyc1175 ungainlya1200 awly?c1225 grurefulliche?c1225 fiendlyc1275 dreadfullya1400 felly?c1400 awfully1487 terrible1490 terriblya1500 fearingly1556 direly1610 dismally1653 dreadful1682 formidably1685 terrifyingly1767 direfully1775 terrifically1778 terrificly1791 appallingly1825 turble1893 a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 100 (MED) Who terribly putteth his sight, he is vexed with ill thoughtis. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. RRRiiii Impenitent synners..drawen downe to hell, moste terribly or fearfully. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 90 A..comet, quhilk..schot fyrie stremes terrabillie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 318 We heard a hollow burst of bellowing Like Buls, or rather Lyons,..It strooke mine eare most terribly . View more context for this quotation 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xxi. 169 Hee terribly affrights the Passenger if hee meete any. 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 420 This ample azure sky, Terribly large, and wonderfully bright. 1759 W. Borlase in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 504 The whim-house shook so terribly, that a man there at work ran out of it, concluding it to be falling. 1852 J. Taaffe Hist. Order St. John II. ii. i. 109 His lofty forehead was also of as dazzling a white; and his large blue eyes beneath his flaxen eyebrows shone terribly. 1883 A. I. Menken Infelicia 38 Heed not the storm-fires that so terribly burn in the black sky. 1904 Pall Mall Mag. Oct. 232/1 Guns spoke terribly, but there was no one to be seen. 1953 K. M. Briggs Personnel of Fairyland 15 The Banshee, a spirit attached to certain families, which will wail terribly before the death of any of its family. 1969 W. Wallich tr. H. A. Vossler With Napoleon in Russia i. viii. 67 Sword and shot had raged terribly everywhere. Men and horses had been gashed and maimed in every conceivable way. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.?1473
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