Definition of "horribly" in English

adverb

1. (manner) In a horrible way; very badly.

   • The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.

2. (degree, often modifying a negative adverb or adjective) To an extreme degree or extent.

   • Then everything went horribly wrong.
   • The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him.

3. (evaluative) With a very bad effect.

   • Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.