Desperately
Desperately adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong
Terribly is a synonym for desperately in very topic. In some cases you can use "Terribly" instead an adverb "Desperately", when it comes to topics like awfully. popular alternative
Nearby Words: desperate, desperation
Terribly
Terribly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: I'm terribly sorry to bother you
Desperately is a synonym for terribly in very topic. You can use "Desperately" instead an adverb "Terribly", if it concerns topics such as awfully, terrifically. informal substitute
Nearby Word: terrible
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- very and desperately
- very and terribly
- greatly and desperately
- greatly and terribly
- extremely and desperately
- extremely and terribly
- badly and desperately
- badly and terribly
- wildly and desperately
- wildly and terribly
- highly and desperately
- highly and terribly
- severely and desperately
- severely and terribly
Both words in one sentence
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She spends over nine hundred years either ignored (with her parents desperately trying to conceive the daughter they really wanted) or treated as a terribly inferior replacement for Chibiusa, to the point that the senshi often forget that she isn't Chibiusa herself.
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