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terribly

 adverb
     
ter‧ri‧bly S2
1 [+ adjective/adverb] especially British English very [= extremely]:
I'm terribly sorry to have kept you waiting.
The coach was not terribly worried about his team's poor performance.
2 very badly [= severely]:
The little boy missed his mother terribly.
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