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Antonyms for terrifically


Grammar : Adv
Spell : tuh-rif-ik
Phonetic Transcription : təˈrɪf ɪk



Definition of terrifically

Origin :
  • 1660s, "frightening," from Latin terrificus "causing terror or fear," from terrere "fill with fear" (see terrible) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Weakened sensed of "very great, severe" (e.g. terrific headache) appeared 1809; colloquial sense of "excellent" began 1888.
  • As in unusually : adv extremely
  • As in remarkably : adv unusually
  • As in decidedly : adv certainly
  • As in extremely : adv greatly, intensely
  • As in highly : adv very, well
Example sentences :
  • I caught their amazed stares, and then terrifically they broke into gales of laughter.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • “I understand your game perfectly, Levake,” he said after he had raked him terrifically.
  • Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman
  • For the moment she had forgotten that other thing so terrifically important.
  • Extract from : « Beyond » by John Galsworthy
  • In a moment a terrifically lurid glare was cast over our decks.
  • Extract from : « Old Jack » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • My dreams were terrifically disturbed by visions of the Angel of the Odd.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
  • We rushed him terrifically for a day and then managed to let the Fli Gams get him.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • So am I but terrifically qualified by complexity, incongruity.
  • Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
  • The while the Vindictive was subjected to a terrifically hot fire.
  • Extract from : « The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge » by Percy F. Westerman
  • I must admit surprise, but of course I am terrifically proud of him.
  • Extract from : « Mavis of Green Hill » by Faith Baldwin
  • The British had been terrifically hard pressed in the German offensive.
  • Extract from : « Our Army at the Front » by Heywood Broun

Synonyms for terrifically

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