1 (extremely) [+worried, difficult, important] terriblemente; tremendamente I thoroughly expect Gary to beat my record, but I'm not terribly [upset] about that he was terribly [upset] about the break-in I've been terribly worried (about it) It really is a terribly [difficult] decision to have to make She was going through a terribly [difficult] time Annabel will be terribly [disappointed] if you don't come When we lost to the West Indies I was terribly [disappointed] It's terribly [hard] work now that Philip's not here any more An issue like this is not terribly [important] to them* It is terribly [important] to get it right first time
it's terribly good/bad es buenísimo/malísimo
he's a terribly good/bad actor I'm not terribly [good] with money It isn't a terribly good film
it's terribly hard for me to make a decisionhard me resulta dificilísimo terriblemente difícil tomar una decisión;or
he's been terribly illill ha estado terriblemente enfermo; ha estado fatal
I'm terribly sorrysorry lo siento muchísimo I'm terribly sorry. I had no idea you felt that way. The butler was adamant. "I'm terribly sorry. I've been told not to disturb Mr. Stevens"
we aren't doing terribly well at the momentwell ahora no nos va muy bien que digamos he plays the piano a little, not terribly well toca un poco el piano, no excesivamente bien
He doesn't always come across [terribly] well
there's something terribly wrong herewrong aquí hay algo que va realmente mal There is something terribly wrong with a society that allows this sort of thing to happen
a practical joke which had gone terribly wrong una broma que había tenido unos resultados terribles
It all started to go terribly wrong in the last five hundred metres ...the fear that there may be something terribly wrong with her baby
2 (informal) (very much) Lee and I arrived in Panama City [suffering] terribly from jetlag The tank crews [suffered] terribly in the heat
I miss him terriblymiss le echo muchísimo de menos
to suffer terriblysuffer sufrir horrores; (informal) pasarlo fatal; (informal)
3 (very poorly) [+play, perform, behave] muy mal; fatal I played terribly in the world championships Pete behaved terribly at the party
