people are suffering horribly in the aftermath of the cyclone
Example sentencesExamples
His mouth extended almost from ear to ear, grinning horribly and showing all his teeth.
There was a hideous mutant running around, horribly mutilating cattle and farmers alike.
To those of us who live here, it's not news that the city is horribly polluted.
The scene climaxes with the space travelers' violent encounter with the planet's horribly mutated inhabitants.
Many ordinary children suffer horribly during vicious civil wars.
Without a strong plot or convincing characters to give it any depth, the film turns into an exercise in waiting for people to die horribly for your entertainment.
For the first time since World War II, we have been affected tragically and horribly.
The entire site was horribly damaged and required near-total restoration.
In a sign that the once horribly polluted river is clean, wild salmon have returned.
In the middle of the night, a horribly diseased man comes to the cabin.
1.1informal In a very bad way; terribly.
his latest work flopped horribly
as submodifiersomething went horribly wrong
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When he unveils his new, something goes horribly wrong.
A neat but obvious final twist makes amends for a horribly clichéd finale set on a rickety balcony.
The fuzzy-haired keyboard player switches to bass, the erstwhile bassist to second guitar, and it all goes horribly pear-shaped.
You fall on some passenger and you get all tangled up, and it's horribly embarrassing.
The bodice fit her tightly, and the short, puffy sleeves were horribly outdated and out of style.
It's the most horribly unfunny thing I have ever seen in my life!
We need a transition to leave behind horribly inefficient and contaminating systems and change to new systems that respect the environment more.
This set of games is horribly addictive.
The organization's plans go horribly awry.
I rewatched the movie this morning and realized how good and yet how horribly cheesy it is.
Definition of horribly in US English:
horribly
adverbˈhɔrəbliˈhôrəblē
1In a way that causes horror; shockingly.
people are suffering horribly in the aftermath of the cyclone
Example sentencesExamples
In a sign that the once horribly polluted river is clean, wild salmon have returned.
For the first time since World War II, we have been affected tragically and horribly.
His mouth extended almost from ear to ear, grinning horribly and showing all his teeth.
In the middle of the night, a horribly diseased man comes to the cabin.
To those of us who live here, it's not news that the city is horribly polluted.
Many ordinary children suffer horribly during vicious civil wars.
Without a strong plot or convincing characters to give it any depth, the film turns into an exercise in waiting for people to die horribly for your entertainment.
The entire site was horribly damaged and required near-total restoration.
The scene climaxes with the space travelers' violent encounter with the planet's horribly mutated inhabitants.
There was a hideous mutant running around, horribly mutilating cattle and farmers alike.
1.1informal In a very bad way; terribly.
his latest work flopped horribly
as submodifiersomething went horribly wrong
Example sentencesExamples
It's the most horribly unfunny thing I have ever seen in my life!
The organization's plans go horribly awry.
A neat but obvious final twist makes amends for a horribly clichéd finale set on a rickety balcony.
I rewatched the movie this morning and realized how good and yet how horribly cheesy it is.
We need a transition to leave behind horribly inefficient and contaminating systems and change to new systems that respect the environment more.
The fuzzy-haired keyboard player switches to bass, the erstwhile bassist to second guitar, and it all goes horribly pear-shaped.
This set of games is horribly addictive.
When he unveils his new, something goes horribly wrong.
The bodice fit her tightly, and the short, puffy sleeves were horribly outdated and out of style.
You fall on some passenger and you get all tangled up, and it's horribly embarrassing.