adverb

• 1With great intensity; to a great extent.

  ‘incendiary bombs flashed terrifically’

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  • ‘the system was expanding terrifically’
  • ‘I feel terrifically frustrated’
  • ‘It's terrifically difficult for her to cross the sitting-room to her favorite chair.’
  • ‘The seat is terrifically frayed, almost threadbare now.’
  • ‘I was terrifically hungry.’
  • ‘The story here isn't terrifically bad, but it's not terrifically believable, either.’
  • ‘That angers me terrifically.’

  1. 1.1informal In an extremely good way.
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     • ‘she is doing terrifically in the show’
     • ‘a terrifically entertaining novel’
     • ‘Sue and I get along terrifically well’
     • ‘She gives her best performance yet in this terrifically acted relationship drama set in the Australian desert.’
     • ‘The orchestra, to a man, played terrifically - the best I have heard it yet.’
     • ‘The play is a terrifically funny work that can survive ham-fisted ad-libs.’
     • ‘The scene is terrifically done: in her body language you can see that her heart and head are telling her completely different things.’
     • ‘We've used it for about 8 months now and it appears to work terrifically.’
     • ‘We all got along terrifically, and I had a great time.’