dreadfully, awfully, horribly
(adverb) of a dreadful kind; “there was a dreadfully bloody accident on the road this morning”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
horribly (comparative more horribly, superlative most horribly)
(manner) In a horrible way; very badly.
(degree, often modifying a negative adverb or adjective) To an extreme degree or extent.
(evaluative) With a very bad effect.
• Adjectives to which "horribly" is often applied: wrong, afraid, bad, pleased, expensive, painful, slow, sick, cold, sad, difficult, cruel, fond, long, ill, awry, funny, familiar, depressed, ashamed, dirty, true, hot, confused, hard, tired.
• (all senses): dreadfully, frightfully, grisly (obsolete), horrifyingly, terribly, terrifyingly
• (very; to an extreme degree or extent): very, terribly, awfully
Source: Wiktionary
Hor"ri*bly, adv.
Definition: In a manner to excite horror; dreadfully; terribly.
Hor"ri*ble, a. Etym: [OE. horrible, orrible, OF. horrible, orrible, F. horrible, fr. L. horribilis, fr. horrere. See Horror.]
Definition: Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder. A dungeon horrible on all sides round. Milton.
Syn.
– Dreadful; frightful; fearful; terrible; awful; terrific; shocking; hideous; horrid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
