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The phrase "yes terribly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express strong agreement or affirmation, often with a sense of irony or emphasis on the negative aspect of the situation.
Example: "Do you think the weather is awful today?" "Yes, terribly."
Alternatives: "Absolutely dreadful" or "Yes, very much so."
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He is vain, yes, terribly vain.
Yes, terribly - physically, mentally, posturally.
Yes, terribly, for the "discovery bit," the 2% of the time when breakthroughs occur.
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Anyone who watched Canadian TV in the 90s know that, yes, they were terribly scripted and acted, and yes they sometimes celebrated things that others might consider failures (like the "explorer" who wrongly thought he was in China), but gosh darn-it if we didn't all have some weird endearing soft spot for these moments of Canadiana.
YES, I slept terribly last night.
First there's the man himself, square-jawed, yes, but not terribly handsome, with those protruding ears and that receding hairline, still radiating competence nonetheless and more than that, a Middle American super-dad decency that almost belies his four-star status.
So yes, I felt terribly out of place but the situation was so exquisitely wrong, and I so did not belong, that it helped me to realize that there wasn't any other place I could think of where I did belong.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Mind you, when Jane sang – yes, sang – it was terribly effective.
The Metro newspaper said: "Terribly formulaic yes, but it was a winning formula all the same.
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