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horribly, adv.|ˈhɒrɪblɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a horrible manner, or to a horrible degree; so as to make one shudder or tremble; dreadfully, awfully, frightfully: sometimes as a strong intensive = Exceedingly (properly before an adj. having an objectionable sense).
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2340 Foule devels of helle..horribely defygurd thurgh syn. 1382Wyclif Wisd. vi. 6 Orribleli [1388 Hidousli] and soone he shal apere to ȝou. c1386Chaucer Monk's T. 627 He stank horriblely That noon of al his meynee þat hym kepte..Ne myghte noght for stynk of hym endure. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 4864 He cryed orrybelly and confest clene. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. clxxxi. 161 Horrybelyche they tormented the body. 1535Coverdale Esther (Apocr.) xvi. 24 All cities and londes that do not this, shal horribly perish. 1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. iii. 243, I wil be horribly in loue with her. 1671Milton Samson 1510 What hideous noise was that? Horribly loud, unlike the former shout. 1711Swift Lett. (1767) III. 261, I am horribly down at present. 1818Byron Ch. Har. iv. lxxii, A matchless cataract, Horribly beautiful. 1884F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer I. 8 Suddenly his voice cracked horribly. |