horrendously
Americanadverb
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"There are the physical scars which for those who have pelvic radiotherapy can mean dealing with bowel, vulva, cervical and vaginal scarring which is horrendously painful," she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Cut to 2026, and a point in history when the world feels horrendously upside down.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
In Miami’s case, it means that keeping Tagovailoa is horrendously expensive—but so is getting rid of him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
It missed — horrendously — zipping past Freddie Freeman and rolling all the way to the wall in right field while all three baserunners came around to score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
Proving this mathematically was horrendously difficult using the traditional techniques available to them and Halley and Wren were willing to admit that the task was beyond them.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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