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horrifically

horrifically adverb: in a horrific manner.

Adverb

horrifically (comparative more horrifically, superlative most horrifically)

  1. In a horrific manner.
    • What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like...2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club

Forms of horrifically

comparativemore horrifically
superlativemost horrifically

Origin of horrifically

From horrific + -ally.

Questions about horrifically

What does horrifically mean?
Horrifically means in a horrific manner.
What part of speech is horrifically?
Horrifically is an adverb.

Words near horrifically in the dictionary

  1. Horries
  2. horrifiable
  3. horrific
  4. horrifical
  5. horrificality
  6. horrifically
  7. horrificating
  8. horrification
  9. horrifications
  10. horrificity
  11. horrifick

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