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horribly /ˈhɒrɪbli /adverb1In a way that causes horror; shockingly: people are suffering horribly in the aftermath of the cyclone...- For the first time since World War II, we have been affected tragically and horribly.
- To those of us who live here, it's not news that the city is horribly polluted.
- In a sign that the once horribly polluted river is clean, wild salmon have returned.
1.1 informal In a very bad way; terribly: his latest work flopped horribly [as submodifier]: something went horribly wrong...- The organization's plans go horribly awry.
- When he unveils his new, something goes horribly wrong.
- The fuzzy-haired keyboard player switches to bass, the erstwhile bassist to second guitar, and it all goes horribly pear-shaped.
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