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horribly

[ UK /hˈɒɹɪbli/ ]
[ US /ˈhɔɹəbɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. 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
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