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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Terrible \Ter"ri*ble\, a. [F., fr L. terribilis fr terrere to
frighten. See {Terror}.]
1. Adapted or likely to excite terror, awe, or dread;
dreadful; formidable.
Prudent in peace, and terrible in war. --Prior.
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them for the Lord
thy God is among you a mighty God and terrible.
--Deut. vii.
21.
2. Excessive; extreme; severe. [Colloq.]
The terrible coldness of the season. --Clarendon.
Syn: Terrific; fearful; frightful; formidable; dreadful;
horrible; shocking; awful. -- {Ter"ri*ble*ness}, n. --
{Ter"ri*bly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
terribly
adv 1: (informal) used as intensifiers, as in "terribly
interesting"; "I'm awful sorry" [syn: {awfully}, {awful},
{frightfully}]
2: in a terrible manner; "she sings terribly" [syn: {atrociously},
{awfully}, {abominably}, {abysmally}, {rottenly}]
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