ROTTENLY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

rottenly

adverb

as in terribly

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Adverb

The five per cent is for if things go terribly wrong and Liverpool have no choice but to change.

— Andy Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Supporters of the bill say that type of restriction is terribly outdated.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of terribly

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Another young woman shares footage of her experience getting lip filler that ended up going horribly wrong.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
The Social Democrats, led by Kurt Schumacher, a prickly figure who had suffered horribly for resisting the Nazis, were mistrustful of the United States and hoped to reunify Germany as a neutral state at the center of Europe.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of horribly

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Made from 100 percent cotton, this lightweight number is extremely soft and a great option for dreadfully hot days.

— Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026
Part slasher parody, part meta commentary on the structure of horror movies, and fully riotous, Behind the Mask is a dreadfully under-appreciated contribution to the subgenre that would have made for a terrific franchise.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026

Definition of dreadfully

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As poorly as the Carolina Panthers’ offense looked during Wednesday’s joint practice with the Houston Texans, Bryce Young took some solace in the fact that the performance came in a practice setting.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Sumrall’s team doesn’t have to be perfect, just can’t look undiscplined and poorly coached.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of poorly

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However, enforcement – both statewide and nationally – is disastrously underresourced.

— David Michaels, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
His high point will be long forgotten, disastrously undone by his successor to plunge the world into recession, if not depression.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026

Definition of disastrously

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In practice, this meant that the state set abysmally low standards for what students should learn to advance and graduate.

— Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
Reports on abysmally low rates of recycling for milk cartons and polystyrene had been widely shared even before that.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of abysmally

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