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horribly

/ˈhɔɹəbli/ adverb B2
  1. In a horrible way; very badly. · The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.
  2. To an extreme degree or extent. · Then everything went horribly wrong.· The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him.
  3. With a very bad effect. · Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.
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It was very dark, and the wind howled horribly around her, but Dorothy found she was riding quite easily.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 4 · B2
Douglas of Birlstone Manor House was horribly murdered last night!”
The Valley of Fear, p. 11 · C1
Douglas and the fact that he had been horribly murdered?”
The Valley of Fear, p. 20 · C1
The man had been horribly injured.
The Valley of Fear, p. 27 · C1

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