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Synonyms for terrifically
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : tuh-rif-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : təˈrɪf ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for terrifically Other synonyms for the word terrifically
- absolutely
- almighty
- awful
- bloody
- but good
- by all means
- decisively
- drastically
- emphatically
- especially
- exceedingly
- exceptionally
- excessively
- exorbitantly
- extra
- extraordinarily
- extremely
- flat out
- for a fact
- greatly
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- immoderately
- in spades
- inordinately
- intensely
- jolly
- markedly
- mighty
- mortally
- mucho
- no catch
- no holds barred
- no ifs ands or buts
- no mistake
- no strings attached
- notably
- oddly
- of course
- over
- overly
- overmuch
- parlous
- peculiarly
- plenty
- positively
- powerful
- profoundly
- prohibitively
- quite
- radically
- rarely
- real
- really
- remarkably
- right
- severely
- singularly
- so
- so much
- straight out
- strangely
- strikingly
- strongly
- supremely
- sure
- surely
- surpassingly
- surprisingly
- terribly
- terrifically
- to nth degree
- too
- too much
- totally
- tremendously
- ultra
- uncommon
- uncommonly
- unduly
- unequivocally
- unmistakably
- unusually
- utterly
- vastly
- very
- very much
- violently
- vitally
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for terrifically
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