Deficiently
Deficiently adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Usage example: the road to the mountain lodge is so deficiently marked that we had a terrible time finding it
Terribly and deficiently are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Terribly" instead an adverb "Deficiently".
Nearby Words: deficient, deficiency
Terribly
Terribly adverb - To a great degree.
Deficiently and terribly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficiently" instead an adverb "Terribly".
Nearby Word: terrible
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- greatly and deficiently
- greatly and terribly
- extremely and deficiently
- extremely and terribly
- poorly and deficiently
- poorly and terribly
- badly and deficiently
- badly and terribly
- severely and deficiently
- severely and terribly
- intensely and deficiently
- intensely and terribly
- awfully and deficiently
- awfully and terribly
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