[
UK
/hˈɒɹɪbli/
]
[ US /ˈhɔɹəbɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈhɔɹəbɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
of a dreadful kind
there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning
How To Use horribly In A Sentence
- He decided on a plan of action but it backfired horribly. Times, Sunday Times
- Part of me thinks this sounds completely immoral; part of me thinks it sounds horribly thrilling.
- FOOTBALL may be the beautiful game, but at times it can be horribly cruel. The Sun
- I'm trying not to be too much of a Pollyanna about it all in case something goes horribly wrong and the tumor comes back. COLDHEART CANYON
- Things seemed to be going horribly wrong.
- She was horribly aware that he was watching her every move.
- Kaylin's understanding of the Dragon term hoard wasn't exact, but time had made clear that it meant 'touch any of my stuff and die horribly'. Archive 2009-10-01
- With all due respect, I think that your perspective here is horribly simplistic, uncomfortably mis-targeted (to the point of near endorsement), and quite diversionary from the essential core issue. Oaxaca to Guadalajara: The good.. the bad.. & the ugly
- It was jelly-like and it stunk horribly, like butter gone off or old chip pan oil.
- Having said which, the goddesses Thetis, Athena, Hera and indeed the Trojan women, Hecuba and Andromache (and to an extent Helen) are all interesting characters in their own rights; as are most of the men, several of whom (this is hardly a spoiler) get horribly killed off during the conflict. March Books 17) The Iliad, by Homer