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UK
/təɹˈɪfɪkli/
]
[ US /tɝˈɪfɪkɫi/ ]
[ US /tɝˈɪfɪkɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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(used as an intensifier) extremely well
the colors changed wondrously slowly
her voice is superbly disciplined
How To Use terrifically In A Sentence
- Lace is terrifically useful on days when all you feel like wearing is cosy knitwear and thick woolly tights. Times, Sunday Times
- The other patrons were terrifically entertained, egging him on; not a dissenting view was heard.
- There are a terrifically large number of planets in the galaxy and many people say that the sheer weight of numbers means that life must exist.
- Lovingly illustrated by the late, great Mr. Frazetta and terrifically written by the equally great Gardner Fox, who went on to pen so many classic Silver Age stories for DC Comics and others, this initial story details how aviator Roger Drum became the man known as Thun'da. Archive 2010-05-01
- She found the idea terrifically exciting.
- Maybe someone, having seen Jack Black in "The School of Rock," decided to do something even raunchier with a female teacher and failed to notice that both the star and his material were terrifically funny. Oy Story: 'Cars 2' Is a Dollar-Driven Edsel
- He leaves me in no doubt that running your own smokery is terrifically hard work he's up at 4am three times a week but it's worth it. Evening Standard - Home
- And while all this looked terrifically cool on the models on the catwalk, it is near impossible for normal women like us to wear this and not look sloppy.
- But his natural gift for framing scenes is terrifically assured. Times, Sunday Times
- So, in fact, as soon as we got out, a _gregale_ ( "north-easter") came on terrifically, and occasioned us to return early next morning to Jerbah. Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846