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# horribly

adverb (more horribly, most horribly)

«horribly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a horrible way; very badly or unpleasantly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horribly/#m1)
2. Very much; extremely, as in «horribly afraid». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horribly/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories a character is horribly frightened or grieved; in lessons it describes something very unpleasant

### Examples

- The dog smelled horribly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horribly/#x1)
- The princess was horribly frightened by the noise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horribly/#x2)
- The cake tasted horribly sour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horribly/#x3)
- He was horribly grieved when his dog died. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horribly/#x4)
- The bridge was horribly high. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horribly/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Very greatly, with shock and terror.

**Interpretation.** The prophets call the heavens and the nations to be amazed at Israel's sins or at the fall of Tyre. The tradition reads it as a sign of how serious the wrong is.

### Examples

- Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye exceeding amazed, saith the LORD. (Prophets JER.2.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horribly/#x1)
- All the inhabitants of the isles are appalled at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance; (Prophets EZK.27.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horribly/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «horribly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horribly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«horribly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/horribly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «horribly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/horribly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«horribly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/horribly.html) on Mova free.