adverb
terribly
Very badly or to a very great degree.
I feel terribly sorry about the damage to your car.
Etymology
The adjective's frightening intensity supplied an emphatic adverb. Terribly can describe severe badness or simply a very great degree.
More examples
- The team plays terribly without its best players.
- It gets terribly cold here after sunset.
- She isn't terribly interested in sports.
Forms
terribly
terrible adjective — Very bad or unpleasant in quality.