terriblyとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹ.ɪ.bli/
• ハイフネーション: ter‧ri‧bly

副詞

terribly (comparative more terribly, superlative most terribly)

1. (literary or dated) So as to cause terror or awe.

   The lion roared terribly.

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 519:

     The mere sensuous impact of trumpet or saxophone, whatever it happened to be playing, was an echo, even though a faint echo, of that excitement and abandon. He wanted to taste, smell, hear: his senses were terribly alive.

2. Very; extremely.

   He's terribly busy and you really shouldn't bother him.

   • 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table.

3. Very badly.

   She took part in the karaoke, but sang terribly.

Collocations

同意語

• (causing terror または awe): grisly (廃れた用法)
• (very): very, extremely, awfully, horribly