How do you use Terribly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like awfully or awful, plus the exact meaning.
Terribly in a sentence
Terribly meaning
- So as to cause terror or awe.
- Very; extremely.
- Very badly.
Synonyms of Terribly
Using Terribly
- The main meaning on this page is: So as to cause terror or awe. | Very; extremely. | Very badly.
- Useful related words include: awfully, awful, frightfully, atrociously.
- In the example corpus, terribly often appears in combinations such as: terribly wrong, is terribly, was terribly.
Context around Terribly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Terribly
- In this selection, "terribly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, women, else, suffers, sorry, difficult and wrong stand out and add context to how "terribly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 7 not terribly long ago and actually goes terribly wrong on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "terribly" sits close to words such as alvarez, chop and coincided, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with terribly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And she suffers terribly for it. (6 words)
He was terribly, terribly upset," she said. (7 words)
But it’s terribly difficult, al-Hassan says. (8 words)
For these reasons, one might feel content in erasing this one from memory and choosing to mentally simulate wild-card weekend, which will see the Jaguars hosting a playoff game despite being 3–7 not terribly long ago. (38 words)
He also started writing, and the play he wrote at 15 offers some clues to his later decision to adapt Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel “It was terribly pretentious,” he admits. (33 words)
Courts also tend to read the PDA pretty narrowly; the wording of the law means that businesses can treat pregnant women terribly as long as they treat everyone else terribly too. (31 words)
But what happens when something actually goes terribly wrong on a theme park ride? (14 words)
Can you cite any specifics where and when the FYO has treated people terribly? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
A statement read: “Anne was driving on the wrong side of the road and is terribly, terribly sorry for that tragic mistake.
Courts also tend to read the PDA pretty narrowly; the wording of the law means that businesses can treat pregnant women terribly as long as they treat everyone else terribly too.
He was terribly, terribly upset," she said.
It depresses him terribly and makes it terribly difficult for him to work..
Am terribly sad at the loss of a remarkable artist.
And she suffers terribly for it.
A statement from Mary Greenham to the PA news agency said: “I am so terribly sorry to inform you that died peacefully today, surrounded by his family and loved ones.
Based on those stout UConn numbers, taking San Diego State on Monday night doesn’t seem terribly prudent.
But it’s terribly difficult, al-Hassan says.
But to be honest, they haven't been terribly willing to engage.
But what happens when something actually goes terribly wrong on a theme park ride?
By the time they figure out how terribly wrong the situation is, the wee ones have the upper hand, and the weekend in the woods turns into a fight for survival.
Can you cite any specifics where and when the FYO has treated people terribly?
Considering how much these are selling for these days, this one isn’t terribly surprising.
Content choices based on this tracking don’t even have to be very sophisticated — and, indeed, the programming can feel terribly crude.
For these reasons, one might feel content in erasing this one from memory and choosing to mentally simulate wild-card weekend, which will see the Jaguars hosting a playoff game despite being 3–7 not terribly long ago.
Government shutdowns aren't terribly rare, but most of them don't last more than a few days.
Guys, unity is terribly beautiful, but in the field there is revenge, and there is cruelty.
He also started writing, and the play he wrote at 15 offers some clues to his later decision to adapt Erich Maria Remarque’s anti-war novel “It was terribly pretentious,” he admits.
He said expectedly, they fell so terribly for the bait, lashing out that being folks of low moral standards, they seemed to view everyone from their own depraved universe.
Common combinations with terribly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- terribly wrong 18×
- is terribly 17×
- was terribly 15×
- terribly sad 14×
- not terribly 14×
- him terribly 9×
- so terribly 7×
- be terribly 7×
- it terribly 6×
- went terribly 6×