Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a terrific manner; terribly; frightfully.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a terrific manner.
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- adverb In a
terrific or extreme way.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb (used as an intensifier) extremely well
Etymologies
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Examples
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The 1.2 million visitors to the RollOverOrGetTough. com site had helped "terrifically" in the talks, Mr. Howe said.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Ike recalled that in July 1952 the Republican leadership had been confident of winning but “by the time September came around the Republican organization was terrifically frightened.”
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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It was terrifically helpful for the applicants and the reviewers enjoyed it tremendously, as well.
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It was terrifically helpful for the applicants and the reviewers enjoyed it tremendously, as well.
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But probably people who aren't very bright commit 90% of the crimes in this country and those stories wouldn't make terrifically interesting reads.
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The Integrity fund, with about $255 million in assets, maintains close to half of its holdings in exploration-and-production companies, as well as oil-and-gas well-service businesses, including stocks such as Brigham Exploration Co., which Mr. Walstad said has had a "terrifically successful streak in its drilling program."
Helped by $100 Oil Suzanne McGee 2011
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CRAMER: The rest of the world is doing really terrifically.
Today Show Hypes: Big Business More 'Comfortable' with Obama Geoffrey Dickens 2011
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Anyone who ever watched The Sopranos knew, of course, that Falco was a terrifically talented actress.
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But I have a hard time attributing this much value to a high grade example, especially based on the fact that the series is not terrifically popular with date collectors.
Coin Collecting: Condition Rarity vs. Absolute Rarity : Coin Collecting News 2010
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Coraghessan Boyle's terrifically exciting and unapologetically relevant "When the Killing's Done."
T. Coraghessan Boyle's 'When the Killing's Done,' an environmental novel 2011
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