Fairly
Fairly adverb - To some degree or extent.
Usage example: for someone without professional training, she sings fairly well
Terribly
Both words in one sentence
- Mir from Ar tonelico is a source virus that invokes Kill All Humans plot fairly because they were horrible jerks that abused her terribly beforehand.
Source: Freudian Excuse / Video Games - His first form is fairly harmless - does high damage with leg-based attacks, but nothing too terribly nasty.
Source: SNK Boss / Other Fighting Games - Released in 1980, this arcade game by the relatively obscure company Nichibitsu stood out from other games of the time by not being terribly focused on action and having a fairly sophisticated control scheme involving two joysticks and no buttons.
Source: Video Game / Crazy Climber
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