terrifically

ter·rif·ic (t

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adj.

1. Very good or fine; splendid: a terrific tennis player.

2. Awesome; astounding: drove at a terrific rate of speed.

3. Causing terror or great fear; terrifying: a terrific wail.

4. Very bad or unpleasant; frightful: a terrific headache.

[Latin terrificus : terrre, to frighten + -ficus, -fic.]

ter·rifi·cal·ly adv.

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Adv.

terrifically - (used as an intensifier) extremely well; "her voice is superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously slowly"

marvellously, marvelously, superbly, toppingly, wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously

intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

Translations

terrifically [təˈrɪfɪkəlɪ] ADV

1. (= extremely) → terriblemente
it's a terrifically funny book → es un libro graciosísimo or terriblemente gracioso
it was terrifically hot → hacía un calor terrible or tremendo
house prices have gone up terrifically → las casas han subido terriblemente de precio
we get on terrifically well → nos llevamos estupendamente bien
they did terrifically well to reach the final → fue un tremendo logro que llegasen a la final

2. (= very well) [play, perform] → fenomenal, genial

terrifically

adv (inf: = very) → unheimlich (inf); (= very well) → unheimlich (gut) (inf); the party went terrifically → die Party war klasse (inf)

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If in the front and the key-truck of chaos, he entered terrifically into the quarrel that was raging to and fro among the drivers on their high seats, and sometimes roared oaths and violently got himself arrested.

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context

Wopsle finished off with a most terrifically snarling passage from Richard the Third, and seemed to think he had done quite enough to account for it when he added, - "as the poet says.

Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context

An Englishman performs some terrifically heroic exploit, and is very modest and reserved--refuses to talk about it at all--and the effect is that by his silence he as much as says, 'I do things like this every day.

Adventure by London, Jack View in context

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