terrifically
12
3.6
- adverb
- /tɛˈrɪfɪkli/
:
extremadamente
- The texture is cakey and terrifically moist, and worth every ounce of effort you put in.
- terrifically talented
- terrifically exciting
- terrifically funny
She she is one of those terrifically charismatic people.
- She she is one of those terrifically charismatic people.
- And that I think to some people sounds very scary, but actually it's terrifically liberating.
- A phone is a terrifically enabling device and it has made us more powerful.
- So he really understands history super terrifically.
Examples
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A phone is a terrifically enabling device and it has made us more powerful.
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Even after five years of marriage, she thought him terrifically handsome, sensibly so.
Fiction book (1998) -
All this sounds terrifically important, but most of the time it is not.
Academic text (2011) -
The sky is terrifically blue and clear; it's the only thing that has remained the same.
Fiction book (1996) -
You have to be willing to fail terrifically on grand scales.
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And there was something terrifically interesting about navigating the world.
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And that I think to some people sounds very scary, but actually it's terrifically liberating.
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It's a phenomenal engineering effort, and the most terrifically integrated mobile keyboard ever.
Blog text (22) -
In addition to his many scholarly gifts, he's a terrifically talented musician.
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The performance was terrifically impressive, leaving the audience in awe.
Synonyms
584
2.3
To a very great degree
351
1.4
To show strong feeling or degree
350
1.0
By a very large amount
184
3.5
To a very unusual or surprising degree
137
3.9
To a much higher level than usual
129
3.1
To a very large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
111
1.0
In a very good and impressive way
84
2.1
To a very great degree
80
4.1
To a much higher level than usual
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
28
4.3
To do something in a very impressive or dramatic way
26
4.5
To a very high degree
23
4.4
In a very beautiful or impressive way
21
3.5
To a very great degree
17
5.2
To a very great degree
15
4.3
In a very impressive and successful way
15
4.6
In a very impressive and beautiful way
14
3.8
In a way that makes people feel respect
12
3.3
In a very good way that shows great skill
12
3.9
In a way that impresses people very much
12
3.9
In a very beautiful or impressive way
11
4.6
In a very impressive way
8
2.8
In a very good way that shows a lot of skill
8
4.2
In a very beautiful or amazing way
6
4.6
In a way that looks large and important
5
3.5
In a very beautiful and impressive way
3
5.8
To a very large degree
3
6.8
In a very beautiful and impressive way that amazes people
3
4.7
In a very impressive way that makes people admire it
2
7.7
In a very large and impressive way
2
6.1
In a very impressive way that surprises people
2
5.3
In a very bright and impressive way
2
6.7
In a way that makes people feel great surprise and admiration
1
4.9
In a way that is much better than usual and impresses people
1
7.9
In a very impressive way that people admire
1
7.0
To a very high degree, showing excellent quality
1
8.4
To a very high degree
In a very good and impressive way
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word terrifically comes from terrific, which originally meant 'causing terror' and is related to terrify ('to frighten'). Over time people began to use terrific to mean 'very good', so terrifically now means 'extremely' or 'to an excellent degree'.