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Translations appallingly [əˈpɔːlɪŋlɪ] ADV 1. (= badly) [sing, play] → pésimamente; [treat] → espantosamente mal, terriblemente mal; [suffer] → horriblemente, terriblemente he had behaved appallingly → se había portado fatal or terriblemente mal the situation has deteriorated appallingly → la situación ha empeorado de forma terrible 2. (= extremely) [difficult, selfish, ignorant] → terriblemente the film was appallingly bad → la película era pésima appallingly [əˈpɔːlɪŋli] adv [behave, treat, handle] → de manière épouvantable (= extremely) [low, bad] → terriblement How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Only a very few days more - appallingly few to the hearts which had set themselves bravely to hope against hope - three weeks, a month later, perhaps, the name of ships under the blight of the "Overdue" heading shall appear again in the column of "Shipping Intelligence," but under the final declaration of "Missing. At length there came a flash so appallingly bright that in its glare Nature seemed to be standing still. I lowered Ajor at the end of my rifle and then slid over myself, and I am free to admit that my hair stood on end during the process, for the drop was considerable and the ledge appallingly narrow, with a frightful drop sheer below down to the rocks at the base of the cliff; but with Ajor there to catch and steady me, I made it all right, and then we set off down the trail toward the valley. |
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