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Discover LudwigThe phrase ‘very terribly’ is not correct and should not be used in written English
You can use ‘very’ and ‘terribly’ separately in sentences, but not together in this phrase. For example, “The weather was terribly cold.”
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But how very terribly, Matthew?
Some of them may have sleepless nights ahead, but none are likely to suffer very terribly.
These are very, very terribly difficult decisions.
She admitted her action to the facility's executive director and said "it was immoral and very terribly wrong," the complaint said.
And why would you see that Brooklyn, and the Brooklyns of America, are broken, so very terribly broken, even though it is clear as day to the people in your community?
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"Someone like me," she says, "would never get cancer, because I'm always blabbing, but you, you're very intellectual, terribly controlled, you must let your feelings out".
When you are lonely, you feel very small, terribly small.
This strikes me as neither very liberal, nor terribly modern.
In the 1950s the country was very prosperous, but terribly boring aesthetically," said Ms Sallstrom-Matthews.
He misses his son, with whom he has a very special bond, terribly.
One actor said that working with him was "like attending a very informal tutorial, terribly funny and interesting".
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