Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb In a terrible manner.
  • adverb Extremely; very
  • adverb To a great extent; very much.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a terrible manner.
  • Violently; exceedingly; greatly; very.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb Causing terror or awe.
  • adverb Very; extremely.
  • adverb Very badly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb used as intensifiers
  • adverb in a terrible manner

Etymologies

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From terrible +‎ -ly.

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