horribly
Britishadverb
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in a horrible manner
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(intensifier)
I'm horribly bored
Example Sentences
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Read my past op-ed: The price Americans pay for medicine has gotten horribly out of control.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
That is the way that money is generated on a tour, because the overhead of touring is just horribly expensive.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
When she asked to speak to the manager, he came over and was "horribly rude, really really rude the whole time he was speaking to me", she said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Horrible people acting horribly is always entertaining, to a point—the point being when the viewer recognizes he has become a voyeur.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
I knew how the little boat would quiver and plunge, the water gushing into the steering well, and how the sails would press her down, suddenly, horribly, in that gust of wind.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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